Transformer and wire sparking near High and Church, Washburn IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to reports of a transformer and electrical wire sparking near High Street and Church in Washburn, Illinois. Crews confirmed the source of sparks was a loose overhead wire making contact and causing brief arcing. Responders secured the scene and monitored conditions until the issue could be addressed.
Audio|Heard on: Washburn Fire and Ambulance
Listen to dispatch call
02:48
Transcript:
00:00
What time 501 will be on scene?
00:04
Five hundred and one on scene.
00:05
(name withheld) was advised.
00:09
Okay, yeah, I just had a spark come from the transformer.
00:16
Temperature.
00:24
One Victor Fourteen Five One, do you copy my traffic?
00:28
No, I didn't.
00:29
Go ahead.
00:32
Just stand by the station.
00:34
Everyone out of fire, if you guys could roll a truck up here, come up to High Street and Church.
00:50
Woodtown One Victor Fourteen standing by the station.
00:55
One Victor Fourteen, standing by.
01:06
Woodcom 501.
01:11
501.
01:14
If you can advise, Ameren is not the transformer, it's the wire just above that that is loose and when it makes contact it's sparking.
01:25
7.
01:29
Woodcom, you can show 521 en route with one.
01:34
521 en route for what?
01:43
You get up to Church and High, stay back on High.
01:46
Don't get underneath the wires.
01:54
Go on. Can you repeat traffic?
01:58
When you get up by Church and High, stay on High Street.
02:02
Stay back a little bit there in front of the house right before the high school.
02:11
Understood.
02:21
501 from what?
02:24
Go ahead.
02:28
501 is the wire running pole to pole or pole to house?
02:34
It is pole to pole.
02:38
Okay.
02:46
Woodcom, you can show 521 on scene.
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Location mentioned:
E Church St, Washburn, IL 61570
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