Tree and power lines block Smokey Rd, Buncombe County NC
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a tree fell across the roadway near Smokey Road in North Carolina, bringing down power lines and blocking traffic. Responders were at the scene assessing damage and planning cleanup efforts.
Audio|Heard on: Buncombe County Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
01:43
Transcript:
00:00
Hey (name withheld), how big's that tree? What are we looking at down there?
00:06
It's not huge.
00:07
Just kind of fell off this bank here across the road and got all that wires that come down.
00:18
Info, thank you.
00:24
Had ETA on.
00:27
We still got to get this out.
00:29
I'll probably haul it down and just a couple of people come help us, but ain't much point now.
00:35
You know how long they take.
00:39
What (name withheld) was saying is that we're probably right in between shift changes.
00:43
Ain't that what's going on? Went that way here.
00:48
I'm still trying to figure out how this line run in the first place.
00:52
One end's under the tree and the other one's up on that bank, right past y'all.
00:56
And I don't see how they had it run, but it don't run there no more.
01:05
An old house thing or something like that there.
01:10
I think it must be Smokey Road the way it looks.
01:13
Everything below me looks like it's got power as far as I can see, but it kind of shoots up Smokey Road, so I guess it's the feed for it.
01:25
Down it up here.
01:26
He said it's on the bottom of this big pole.
01:29
Up here where we're, I'll have pole where we're at pulling up.
01:35
Yeah, I see coming down the mine too.
01:42
Location is the Chief (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Smokey Rd, North Carolina 28803
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