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Small fire reported on power lines near Whittier Road, Reading MA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/5/2025 01:32 PM

Whittier Rd, Reading, MA 01867

A small fire was reported on power lines near Whittier Road. Fire department units were dispatched, and the local power company was notified to manage the situation.

Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch

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02:24

Transcript:

00:00

Right under police and fire in front of near Whittier Road.

00:04

Homeowners are reporting a small fire on the power lines.

00:08

Hey, not on that.

00:13

Maurice.

00:20

Station 1.

00:22

Fire is on station 1.

00:24

That'll be engine 4 in place of ladder 1, please, and notify RMLD.

00:31

Engine 4 in place the ladder 1, on the phone with them now.

00:34

Engine 4.

00:37

Engine 4 is on for Whittier Road.

00:40

Redden fire has that, running fire was still alarmed.

00:42

Engine 4 to the area of near Whittier Road, investigation.

00:52

Winden, Ray.

00:54

Wanted. Wanted.

00:56

For the vehicle,

00:58

(number withheld).

01:06

Only off.

01:07

Thank you. We're watching, ready.

01:18

Good.

01:20

Second math, x-ray, x-ray, (number withheld).

01:28

On and off, again.

01:31

Good.

01:37

Water, 9, Reading.

01:40

Rotterning.

01:41

Roll the rotary for a minute.

01:43

Wait.

01:50

And one to do it and time and incident moment when you get a chance.

01:56

Right, at (number withheld),

02:01

(number withheld) at 1624.

02:03

At 1624.

02:04

Mr. Thank you.

02:15

ATG4 is unseen.

02:17

This looks like there's a lim on the primary.

02:19

It's still a power to the air.

02:21

We just want to update RMLD.

02:24

We'll do.

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Whittier Rd, Reading, MA 01867

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