Live wire down with debris causes road closure in Southbridge, Southbridge MA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a fire alarm in Southbridge. They found a live wire down near Buckbridge Road with debris on the road. There was no active fire on the utility pole. The wire caused a temporary road closure. Public works and the utility company, Eversource, were notified to handle the issue and clear the debris.
Audio|Source: Southbridge and Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
00:00
PD on seeing advising there is currently no fire on the pole.
00:08
It's a fire alarm. It's a fire alarm.
00:10
Okay.
00:14
Three is arriving on TN C.
00:18
Where is it? Car 993 to QV, I'm on scene.
00:28
Car 993 on scene. Eversource has been notified priority three. There may also be a tree along the roadside on Buckbridge Road as well.
00:44
Receive.
00:45
I do have a live wire down at this time, no tree.
00:58
Was reported to be down alongside near Buttsford Road near the intersection.
01:16
This past depot road has debris in the road.
01:22
You contact public works if they can come out and clean it up.
01:30
Three.
01:32
It's going to be poll one if you want to notify grid.
01:36
Poll one on Joseph Street.
01:39
At debris on Busbriz Road or depot road?
01:44
It's on Bus Bridge Pass Depot.
01:48
Receive, thank you. Me now.
01:56
(number withheld).
02:04
For 9-9-3.
02:10
GM 593 to QV.
02:14
Is up.
02:20
Can you notify Eversource Priority 2 instead of Priority 3? We've got all of those cells down.
02:26
There's got a cable line across the road.
02:33
Thank you.
02:41
QV Car-155 responding.
02:48
Eversource has been notified.
02:52
Eversource notified. Eversource notified through you.
02:59
That means five nine hundred is card 993.
03:04
Good.
03:06
I need you at the intersection of Douglas, shut down,
03:11
out Burnham from there.
03:19
I'm trying to get this debris out of the road and I'll be up there in a minute.
03:24
Car 993, I'm on the Sun State DOT right now. Do you need them or are you clearing the debris?
03:33
No,
03:34
I'm clearing it.
03:35
All the major debris is out of the road.
03:39
Confirming I can cancel them.
03:43
Yes, as you can understand, we'll see.
03:46
Thank you. And if you could,
03:48
please put anything to a lower power frequency. We have multiple calls on this one.
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