Power line down causes fire near Mel Price Lock and Dam


Audio|Source: Mississippi River Marine St Louis Area
04:19
Transcript:
25 to Prairie Dawn. You're a single too, aren't you? After hitting that power line down there? Nope, I didn't know. All right down there. All right below Melvrise, that power line runs across it right near or mics is at somewhere in that area. I guess they had put new balls on the power lines. Hit the power line and went down and landed around on top of it. I don't know, one of them tanker barges, I don't know what was told them, but burned up in there. Fire hoses just hosing that damn deck. I didn't see the damn helicopter out of it. They said it just blew up. I'll kill them on. Look like they're just about done. I'm going to just take that and go up every top of it around and down frame it or whatever. Either way, as long as I can get them both breaths it up. Security, security, all stations, all stations, coast guard Western Rivers, Coast Guard Western Rivers, Coast Guard Western Rivers, Coast Guard Western Rivers, Coast Guard, Western Rivers, the Upper Mississippi Rivers. The Town C2-Alpha, I-TU-127-1Migurts, Out. On the Upper Mississippi River, all vessels are prohibited from changing this area due to an energized low-hanging wire. Coast Guard Western Rivers out.
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St. Charles County, MO
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