Power pole transformers on fire near Porterville plant
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Tulare County Fire and CHP Pink
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Area eight, clone transformer (number withheld) Road 170 .
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Station eight, blown transformer (number withheld) road 1702
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by Porterville Citrus.
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Station eight, blown transformer (number withheld) road 1702 by Porterville Citrus.
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Time out 1832 .
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Fire control, 11 available.
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11, 1832.
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Engine eight responding.
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Engine eight, this will be a report of two transformers just north of the Porterville citrus radio.
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It's going to be on the west side of road 172.
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Says they can see them hanging from the pole and there's flames on top.
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The facility has been without power for 2 h .
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Engine eight copies.
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Can you contact PG&E? They were working on a pole in that same area.
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Engine eight, we're in line with them now.
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Engine 4, I see.
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Engine 4, 1835.
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Patrol 11 in quarters.
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Patrol 11, 1836.
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Engine 219 in quarters.
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Engine 219, 1836.
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Fire calm, enter the nine to one in quarters.
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Three 91 , 08:37 .
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Dispatch, this is dispatch.
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One five two northbound 99 at avenue 152 for a dark colored Chevrolet pickup.
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Let's see, near TC's.
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One five two northbound 99 at avenue 152 on a dark colored Chevrolet pickup.
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Send the priority 680 at 18 to six.
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Copy.
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Thank you, copy.
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No, and if it's going to be the same poles they were working on, when I spoke with the RP,
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he advised from his location at the packing house they could still see a glowing transformer and advised it looked like it was hanging about to fall.
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Sounds like the same transformer.
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We'll be there in a few minutes.
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All right, copy. PG&E advisor going to call back with an ETA.
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1839.
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