Power line fire causes outage near Beechmont, Beechmont KY
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According to the dispatch call, a fire on a power line near US 431 in Beechmont caused a power outage and damaged a utility pole. The utility company KU has been notified to respond.
Audio|Heard on: Butler County Public Safety
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00:48
Transcript:
00:00
Well, I got a power line that's on fire.
00:04
It'll be near US 431.
00:07
It's going to be KU.
00:13
(number withheld), (number withheld).
00:16
Yeah,
00:22
It looks like all the power down from Hight Shea and drugstore and all that looks like they're all out of power.
00:29
It looks like the top of it's broken off on the fire pole as well.
00:38
10-4[1], do you want me to rope tone for you?
00:43
There's nothing that we could do.
00:46
I just want you to call KU, let them know.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
US-431, Beechmont, KY 42323
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