Blown transformer sparks tree fire on Chelsea Road

Heard on: Craven NC Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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Attention station 31 , attention station 31 .

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E is responding area (number withheld) Chelsea Road, (number withheld) Chelsea Road, cross streets West Fairway Drive and Carolina Avenue

00:09

Reference: blown transformer is catching the trees on fire.

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Blown transformer catching trees on fire.

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Station 31 , your time out to 34 .

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Attention station 31, attention station 31.

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Your 2nd side of 10, 2nd side of 10.

00:28

Need units to respond.

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(number withheld) Chelsea Road, (number withheld) Chelsea Road, cross street West Fairway Drive and Carolina Avenue.

00:34

Reference to a blown transformer catching trees on fire.

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Blown transformer catching trees on fire.

00:41

Station 31, your 2nd side of 10, 1039.

00:45

Fire control, this is 3141.

00:49

3141.

00:53

Fire control, portable one, engine four is responding.

00:57

31 engine four, have you responding at 1040?

01:02

31 brush one in route, car two.

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31 brush one in route, 1041.

8/20/2026 07:34 AM

Fire

Chelsea Rd, Trent Woods, NC 28562

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched near Chelsea Road and the intersection of West Fairway Drive and Carolina Avenue for a reported blown electrical transformer that was catching nearby trees on fire. Multiple units from Station 31 responded to the incident.