Fire and downed power line on Wilson Avenue, Bethlehem PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a wire fire and a downed utility pole with flames on Wilson Avenue in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The fire caused a power outage and officials closed the road while crews worked to remove a tree that had fallen onto the live wires.
Audio|Heard on: Northampton County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5, a wire fire, center street, now it's no road of Bethlehem City (number withheld).
00:05
Go ahead, look it.
00:08
Okay, we're doing at Wilson Avenue at 8.38 seconds.
00:12
Power is out in the area.
00:14
The number is going to be (number withheld).
00:25
There's actually a tree on wires that fell on Wilson Avenue.
00:31
Okay, (number withheld).
00:34
You're not going to show them.
00:38
(number withheld).
00:41
Okay, (number withheld).
00:42
Okay, (number withheld), which one.
00:46
The challenge.
00:49
(number withheld).
00:51
6.5, right.
00:52
(name withheld) is driving.
00:56
6.45. 6.45.
00:59
That was 1382 correct for Polk Valley?
01:02
Okay for us.
01:08
(number withheld) Polk Valley Road.
01:12
You have you guys.
01:15
All right, two, fourteen, same robbery.
01:22
640s. And...
01:23
16, 52. (number withheld).
01:26
(number withheld).
01:28
County, (number withheld).
01:31
NOS 4.
01:33
Where is plenty of declines?
01:35
Switch attack 3.
01:39
I'll be in the house and on scene, 2016 command.
01:43
(number withheld) Polk Valley Road, got a fire on top of the pole.
01:47
5.504, we're responding.
01:55
(number withheld).
01:58
7.4. All right.
02:02
(number withheld).
02:08
Welcome in again.
02:11
Okay.
02:13
You got dispatch 14 at 17, too.
02:15
They're going to have to shut the road down on Wilson Avenue.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Wilson Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18018
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