Small trash fire and low cable line block rural road, Washington County AR
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a smoke report near Weddington Blacktop in rural Washington County, Arkansas. They found a small trash fire that was mostly extinguished. Later, they discovered a low-hanging cable line over the road, causing a temporary road closure until the line was safely cut and cleared.
Audio|Source: Washington County Rural Fire Departments
03:32
Transcript:
00:00
Firecom.
00:01
I'll be out at (number withheld) with a smoke investigation on Worrigal-lockoff.
00:12
Received (number withheld) Worgable Locktop.
00:31
Lincoln Fire Department, Lake of Fire Department, Electrical Hazard, South Weddington Blacktop operations, I'll report from that (number withheld).
00:44
Okay, you want to respond?
00:46
Everyone responding.
00:52
Didners find the area of South Lightington Blacktop? I'll advise about one and a half miles north of Highway 62.
01:00
For a power line, they're advising the lines are hanging low over the road.
01:06
Two,
01:10
go ahead.
01:12
The 662 package service returning.
01:15
May you go to the service.
01:20
(number withheld) your fire com.
01:23
(number withheld), go ahead.
01:28
It's going to be a trash fire that's basically out.
01:32
There's going to be a trash fire that's basically out.
01:38
(number withheld) is on the scene (number withheld) live waiting to blacktop command.
01:42
I do have a barrel on that's hanging parks me six feet above the roadway uh Weddington Blacktops will be shut down.
01:51
(number withheld) on scene received Weddington Blacktop shut down.
02:05
Waiting to buy a talk of the main pyrechawn.
02:07
It looks like this is just going to be a clocks on.
02:12
We might cut it out of the road so we open the roads back up.
02:17
Bruce.
02:23
Like the Blacktop Command Firecom, you cancel, this is our quadrude.
02:27
There's a Cox person on scene.
02:29
They are advising that this is going to be cable, so we'll just go out of the roadway.
02:50
What is in Blancroft, Command, the Firecom?
02:53
Command, go ahead.
02:56
Did you page,
02:59
call Cog Communications? This is one of their cable lines, out in this area, for a downline.
03:05
Oh,
03:10
see, is there a Cox rep on scene?
03:16
I actually work for Cox.
03:18
I'm one of the mainline technicians.
03:20
I could reach out to the Super Manager and let him go, but that way we just have it on file.
03:25
But it is a cable line.
03:27
We did cut the line out of the road, so we're going to be able to go up the road back up.
03:31
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Weddington, AR 72704
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