Power line arcing sparks tree fire near house
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Brown County Sheriff, Aberdeen Fire/Rescue, State Highway Patrol
03:18
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Attention Columbia Fire, this is your 2nd page for (number withheld) 118th Street for a downed power line setting three trees on fire.
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Again, this is your 2nd page.
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Attention, project fire.
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Respond to (number withheld) 118th Street for a downed power line that has caught three trees on fire.
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Again, that's (number withheld) 118th Street.
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This is your 2nd page.
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Attention, unit.
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Related information following the break.
00:53
At 2112 , the 300 storm was located 7 mi west of Barnard or 15 mi east of Leola, moving southeast at 35 mph .
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Ten to twelve size hail and 6 mph wind gusts.
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Again, 300 storm warning remains in effect until 2145 for east central McPherson and northwestern Brown County.
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Specifics at 2114 .
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Second cell, weather service is reporting up to 3 " hail, so just a heads up.
01:29
Do where is that at?
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County line.
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Three out of twenty-three.
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Good.
01:52
Power line isn't down, but it's causing arcing on two trees.
02:00
Fire en route.
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Three of these trees that are arcing and possibly going to start on fire here about 50 yd from a house.
02:20
Ten four, I will help take fire.
02:22
You know, the power line is not down, but it is causing arcing on two threes, and he thinks they're about to start a fire.
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Step four one.
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Go ahead.
02:46
Great fire, yeah, one.
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So you know that cell that's south west of you is going to be moving into your fire area.
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It's kicking off some pretty large hail.
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Go ahead.
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Deputy checked the house.
03:16
(name withheld), he said it is empty, no one's home.
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