Live power wire and broken pole at Bunker Hill and Revere, South Elgin IL
TrafficA broken utility pole and live power wire were found lying in the grass near Bunker Hill Avenue and Revere Road. It appears that a vehicle hit the pole and left the scene. No sparks or arcing were observed, but the live wire poses a safety hazard. Utility and police responders were notified to handle the situation safely.
Audio|Source: Elgin Fire
02:21
Transcript:
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Engine 22, year in Route, Bunker Hill Avenue and Revere Road.
00:04
Collar was walking his dog and noticed some wires down in the grass.
00:09
Not arcing or sparking.
00:17
Alde fire from Quinn Center.
00:21
So, I, Quinn Southern.
00:24
Can you send us an incident number to Station 7 for this walking?
00:33
Incident number is going to be 1-5-0.
00:39
Open fire engine 22
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522
00:45
Notify comment to come out here, we have a broken pole The corner of Bunker Hill and Revere and we do have a live wire sitting in the graph.
00:58
Those are very copies.
01:05
Elginer fire from engine 22.
01:08
Go out, engine 22.
01:11
You also contact our PD and have members found out here, non-emergency.
01:15
It looked like we had a car accident hit this pole and leave.
01:19
Elgin Fire copies.
01:26
1922 from Elgin Fire.
01:29
What?
01:31
Address that the pole is in front of.
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Near Revere.
01:39
I also have a poll number if you'd like it.
01:46
It's like 433, 3,
01:50
24, 1,
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25.
01:53
Okay,
01:57
thank you.
02:07
Go ahead.
02:09
The power shut up there.
02:14
If they're going to be out here in a reasonable time, I don't think there's a need to shut the power off.
02:19
But they definitely do need to come out.
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Location mentioned:
Bunker Hill Ave & Revere Rd, South Elgin, IL 60177
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