Tree fire sparks power line danger on Lower Salken Road, Carbon County PA
Fire & ArsonA tree caught fire while touching power lines on Lower Salken Road near Crestline Drive, causing safety road closures and urgent response from emergency crews.
Audio|Source: Carbon County and Northampton County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Fire 16, EMS 1383 for a wire fire, Lower Salken Road near Crestline Drive, Carbon County, Pack 2, 12.7.
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20th-7. All prior 20 is available.
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Okay, we'll solve with them.
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Captain 1385.
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1385.
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1385. 1385.
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We'll be monitoring.
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Okay.
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In-hance.
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Okay, I can't even if you can't, we're headed down.
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12205, you can hold your order.
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Thank you.
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County 1653.
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Responding.
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Check spine a low clock in road, Crestline Drive for a tree on fire touching the power line.
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It's the same as yesterday.
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Keep you up with notified OATA.
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Copy that.
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2691 to County.
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2691.
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You can just go off our 25 units where available.
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You can't tell the one.
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You can't tell the one.
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The UMX21.
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You're on location in 1252.
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50's 91.
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Christine. It's going to be the same location as yesterday.
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I don't see any wires down at this time, but we do have a branch on the wires and it is looking.
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I need to pull number when you're ready.
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A 1650 call then.
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I used a pole number from yesterday.
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If that worked, CPO was already notified for you.
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Excellent. That works.
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Yeah, and if you can give me any T.A.
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from PPL, that'd be great.
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Mr. Cigar, call them back.
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Twice, M.S.
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26.
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Playwright, it's available.
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It's available for three.
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Next.
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Show us and out with two.
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There's a 16.
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They're still trying to get a crew together so they're going to call back with the neat team.
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All right, copy that, thank you.
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County, 1612 responding with five, copy all the district.
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1612 for 16.
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1612 for 16.
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Or 13.
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12. You just want to hang a little across here.
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We'll close that lower Salken road.
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We can keep cross line up.
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Down to 16 Command.
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16 Command.
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All right, let's hold this to 1612 Fire Police and myself.
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And if you can have Fire Police, head up to the intersection of Wastergoth Road and Lower Salken Road and close it down there, that'd be great.
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And a fire 16 personnel responding Lower Salken Road and Crestline.
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Will the assignments to 1612 and fire police fire police to shut down at Wausford, Gotham, Lower Salken.
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Okay.
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