Low electrical wires over Tri-Boro Expressway

Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - East

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County 306 chief.

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306 chief.

00:06

Was this caller a passerby because the large wires across the driveway?

00:19

Yeah, I believe it was somebody passing through the area.

00:23

All right, I'll keep you advised.

00:33

K8306, did you copy that?

00:43

Stand by, I'll call you.

00:52

County 306 chief.

00:57

306 chief.

00:59

Yeah, I believe this is going to be it.

01:01

It's the large wires coming from the substation up on Chestnut.

01:06

Looks like it got a pole leaning up on the hill and the wire.

01:15

These are confirming electrical wires coming from the substation on Chestnut down towards the Tri-Boro Expressway.

01:22

Confirming they run across the Tri-Boro Expressway on the Maple.

01:27

All right, we'll let them know.

01:30

There's not much we can do here.

01:31

They are possible, but they are hanging low.

01:34

We're just going to clear.

2026-10-22 19:49 UTC

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Tri-Boro Expy, Turtle Creek, PA

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As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers discussed a report of large electrical wires hanging low across the roadway near the Tri-Boro Expressway by Chestnut and Maple, possibly coming from a nearby substation with a leaning utility pole on a hill.