Transformer fire sparks grassfire near Energy Street, Baldwin WI
Fire & ArsonA transformer caught fire near Energy Street, causing a small grassfire. The fire spread toward nearby semi-trailers, with smoke and leaking liquid from the transformer. Emergency crews are on scene, and the energy company was called due to live power lines and traffic issues. The building next to the fire was not affected.
Audio|Source: St Croix County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, State Patrol Eau Claire Post
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Transcript:
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Your cross-street is Albert Avenue for United Fireball, the name on near Energy St.
00:09
8.53. 503.
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Show me enrol at Ambulance will stage the station for now.
00:17
Semphor will show Medi 53 en route and em the ambulance to the stage at the station near Energy St.
00:29
4145 this hash.
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4145.
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Going to be giving a courtesy ride to go on the Red Seater Canyon,
00:40
Assess of Bevington.
00:46
Defford, do you still need EMS?
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They arrived on C and cleared just now.
01:03
10454 United Fire Woodville Station to dispatch
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Woodville Station, you go ahead You can show us in the RELP.
01:13
Woodville Station in RELF 555 and held the readover the call coming in for the district.
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Fire to dispatch.
01:26
Get Park Park Lake.
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We are clear and back in service.
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Keep Park Fire, available 50-50 seconds.
01:37
Mr. Times, please.
01:40
Up Force, sir, 50-56.
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Baldwin Station, a dispatch?
01:51
Walden Station, go ahead.
01:56
We're en route, did you have any further information?
02:00
Excel's notified. Tell me over the grassfire coming in at the Travel Plaza on near Energy St.
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10-4[1]. Fallson Station,
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did you cop you're bringing the 4x4 for a possible grassfire?
02:21
Medics 53 dispatch.
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Hammond Station dispatch.
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Medics 503CO.
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I'm on scene.
02:32
Transformers fully evolved on the ground. There's a semi-trailer about 20 feet to the south of it. Smokes going to the northwest. The grassfire by the Marathon Station was here to be very small. There was a county highway truck on it when I drove by.
02:47
Receive medic 53 arriving, transformers fully involved.
02:53
Smoke is going to the north and the grassfire is very small, near Energy St.
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Last unit, go ahead.
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The station dispatch.
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Hammond fired, right.
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Being around with the Baldwin.
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Hammond Fire near Energy St.
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Medic 53 to United Fire.
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Go ahead.
03:29
There's a liquid leaking out of the transformer now. It's spreading downhill to a line of park semi-trailers. They got a truck up trying to move the trailers at this time.
03:37
It's getting pretty cold to them.
03:46
Ken Paramedic 53 or about a couple minutes out.
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Let's manage,
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number.
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4147.
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4147 if you can call you name.
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1040, you can stack it until you know, give a call.
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Number adds, 15, 58.
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I'm not going to match him.
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46.05.
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You want to invite Walwood Station.
04:33
There is an Excel employee that is in an alternate transformer fire from the grassfire.
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Telford.
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Thirteen fifty fifty nine.
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Forty-one, twenty-nine.
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Forty-nine, two-nine.
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4.129, F.1559.
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10.4. We're almost done, seen, and I'll give you a size up.
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F4, thank you.
05:15
United Fire Balden Station to dispatch.
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Alden Station, go ahead.
05:26
We're on scene.
05:28
We do have fire spreading to the trailers.
05:31
We're going to be pulling an inch and three-quarter handline for exposure control on the trailers at this time.
05:40
We will need XL unseen as soon as possible.
05:44
It does not look like the actual building is involved at all.
05:48
36.1 will be incident command. I want my next engine incoming to grab We have a water supply.
05:56
Hydrin is right across the street from us.
06:01
Temperable station, unseen fire spray, the trailers.
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We get pre-connect, 361 on command.
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Next Inc Company, grab a water supply, 6801.
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50601 to fetch.
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561. 561.
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You can show us en route to Woodville, Permanica, D3.
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501, you're in route to Oak Ridge, 61.
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4605-305, 3601, St. Croixfire.
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Dispatch 3601.
06:58
As a grass fire, I have a live power wire that has exploded.
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It is causing a traffic concern.
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I need Excel here ASAP. The only vehicle is allowed on Energy Street right now are going to be fire apparatus.
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10 4, we'll get Exil Energy there for you and closing down Energy Street at 1603.
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Affirmative
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Near Energy St, Baldwin, WI 54002
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