Power line down and small fire near highway intersection, Virginia MN
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency services responded to a downed power line near highway 53 and 2nd Avenue South in Virginia, Minnesota. There was visible smoke from a possible small fire outside. The fire was monitored, and Minnesota Power was contacted to handle the power line. Weather conditions were expected to help extinguish the fire without further action.
Audio|Source: North St. Louis County Sheriff, Fire and Roads
02:51
Transcript:
00:00
I can confirm we do have a power line down. Can you get Minnesota Power started,
00:04
please? Sure.
00:10
St. Louis, you can start Chisholm Engine one in route.
00:18
Virginia out of the available truck here.
00:26
Okay.
00:27
Is that one good for Amory?
00:34
Coming across the bridge, where'd you like us?
00:38
I think if you guys come down for them, you'll walk the west side of the aisle, that'll be the west side of the aisle, that'll be best.
00:56
St. Louis from Virginia Fire.
00:58
Go ahead.
01:02
I see a call pending for Highway 53 Second Avenue fire outside.
01:07
We'll investigate.
01:09
here,
01:10
which would be 6th Avenue, so on Highway 56th.
01:14
Our brush dial is started.
01:16
We're monitoring it.
01:19
There's nothing we're going to do. It's the wind's going to burn it out, basically.
01:24
I've been in contact with Public Works.
01:26
We should have contacting you to take out a permit on this.
01:29
But we'll go to the 53 in Second Avenue just to make sure it's on something different.
01:38
Ten, four.
01:40
I do need a page anymore.
01:43
Negative.
01:44
Two or twelve, twenty five.
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City,
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pile.
01:52
I, six, abet.
01:54
(number withheld). (number withheld).
02:01
If I'm at the brush pot, we're working on getting a permit taken out. However, we've got another call on a possible fire outside at 53 and 2nd Avenue south.
02:11
That's probably this and the smoke carrying, but we need to go there and check that area out just to make sure it's not something different.
02:18
You're not going to get a page. I've been talking to dispatch, so you just need to go there and look in that area.
02:24
Okay, yeah,
02:26
let's just take this call.
02:32
St. Louis from Virginia Fire.
02:36
Go ahead.
02:38
You take 21 to Highway 53 and 2nd Avenue South,
02:44
Highway 56th Avenue South,
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and you can assign Battalion 1 and put that on scene.
02:50
That's right.
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Location mentioned:
US-53 & S 2nd Ave W, Virginia, MN 55792
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