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Fire crew clears cable wire near Chestnut and SchoolWesterly RI

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Chestnut St & School St, Westerly, RI 02891

The fire department responded to a report of a low-hanging wire at Chestnut Street and School Street in Westerly. Crews found what appeared to be a cable wire, moved it to the roadside, and confirmed there were no hazardous or active utility wires present.

Audio|Source: Southern Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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In fact to the Westerly Fire Department with a second call Chestnut Street at School Street for a possible low-hanging wire.
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Chestnut at school for a low-hanging wire, (number withheld).
00:24
Engine 1 responding.
00:27
Chestnut in school.
00:31
There is just.
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30 dispatch,
00:45
you can clear the call on Wall Street.
00:48
Roger 34, clear on the call at near Wall St, (number withheld). The engine will be responded to school and chestnut, so hang in wire.
01:08
(name withheld).
01:18
You have you on the left of it now.
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The engine one's on scene.
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Recit.
01:50
34 to engine one.
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Five.
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Five.
02:01
Five-five.
02:03
For seven four, if you can go up to the ER and handle a transfer back to the carriage house, the patient is ready.
02:14
Where is it?
02:23
Go ahead, engine one.
02:26
No wires are down chief.
02:28
What we have is a film from one of the,
02:30
it appears to be maybe a cable wire, but we just removed it and just put it on the side of the road. There's no hazardous wires hanging or utility lines hanging from the pole.
02:40
Dispatch, the poll number is National Grid, or Rhode Island Energy (number withheld) at the corner of Chestnut in school.
02:47
They might want to just check it out. as a condition of the wire because of the film has been removed.

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Chestnut St & School St, Westerly, RI 02891

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