Blue tarp caught in wires poses fire hazard near Winant Ave, Bergen County NJ
Fire & ArsonA large blue tarp was found tangled in electrical wires on Hackensack Street near Winant Avenue. The tarp posed a risk of electrical short or fire. Utility crews were notified to remove the tarp, and the sidewalk was closed temporarily to keep pedestrians safe until the hazard was cleared.
Audio|Source: East Rutherford Fire and Police
01:29
Transcript:
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Lieutenant,
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give PSC and G a call,
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Hackensack Street right by Winant Avenue on the telephone pole.
00:07
There's a very large blue tarp. It's all wrapped up in the wires, and it looks like it could cause a short or a fire or something. They're going to have to get out here and get this tarp off the wires.
00:19
Kind of an emergency.
00:25
Receive. Do you have a pole number I could give them?
00:29
Yeah, stand by. Let me get out and get the pole number. Stand by a second.
00:37
The pole number is going to be 61077 Echo Romeo Foxshot.
00:45
It's going across like all three phases of the wires up here. They're going to have to get that thing removed.
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I've received.
00:55
I didn't try to wrap plate up there. It's not going to blow away.
01:00
You know, it looks like that's how we got up there by blowing around. I don't think it's going to, I don't think it's going to release itself. It's wrapped around all three phases of the wire.
01:11
Copy it.
01:17
Stan, I'm just going to close the sidewalk until they get here so people don't walk under it. Is that all right with you?
01:23
Yeah, that's fine. You have cones?
01:25
Yeah,
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we have cones. I'll take care of it now.
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Winant Ave, New Jersey
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