Excavator Hits Power Line Causing Smoke in Building, Chambersburg PA
Fire & ArsonAn excavator struck a power line near South Main Street causing the power box attached to the building to smoke and fill the interior with smoke and a burning smell. Fire crews responded and found no active fire but observed some structural damage to one side of the building. The electric company has been notified to address the electrical issue. The road was shut down while emergency teams investigated and assessed the situation. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Franklin County Fire Operations
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Transcript:
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Chief 11252. Chief 1-1-1-003 South Main Street, Foster-Windland.
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1-4 is responding on 5, laid out at Service Tire.
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I'm on the scene.
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Nothing evident from the exterior.
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Count S.K.
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Copy into 1-4 laid-out from Service Tire. In to 1-1, you direct on that.
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1-1 is direct on layout.
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Chief 1, receive a call from the establishment.
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Excavator struck a power line, the power box is smoking that's attached to the building, 1252.
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Squad 41 on top.
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Copy squad 41. I'll be squad 41.
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I want to seen. I have command one establish. You got normal conditions.
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Alpha, Bravill.
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Go ahead and insert fire, police, and PD. They need to shut the roadway down. We've got lines in the roof.
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Chief One, Westpire, Police, P.D.
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1253.
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Craigness, Mr. Chief, one, I'm responding on the scene, he's trying to get through.
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One, one,
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thicking up the hydrant, on the team.
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Agent 1-1.
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Preyception, probably one, remainder level 1, say you told a remand-bellar until further advice.
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Command 1 request.
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Covary one units to the scene, others hold your manpower, level 1, 1253.
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1-4 to command.
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Squad 41, stage.
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Copy squad 41.
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Good guy, one four.
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Yeah, smoke in the building,
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coming from where the electrical boxes go in.
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No active fire or anything at this time.
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All right, I'm direct.
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Since Chief 1, you have investigation.
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Cat the 1-4, you and your crew going to stretch along.
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Tyler will try to start working on a secure some kind of powers can
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communicate on Franklin the electric company if you haven't notified them they need to come out here immediately copy one-one one one guy one there's a closer hydrant you can pull up here and hit it
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Squad 41 in command.
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Okay.
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Yeah, from our view here, you do have a little bit of structural damage to the delta side of the structure.
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Okay, just where those wires pulled out at.
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Is that what you're seeing you?
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Yeah, right adjacent to where those power lines go into the building.
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Keep talking.
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You want to take your crew and do a structural assessment on that exterior wall there.
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Trish Chief 1, Tower 1,
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a little giant, bringing in Delta Side.
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Okay, Franklin, I'm on the seat.
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Okay, Tyler 1.
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I'm taking the Interior. I got Woodbird and smell on the Delta side with a haze in the office.
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Hold on, crew.
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Help me get that line stretch around the door.
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We had WG-47. There's no one in that excavator, correct?
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That's right.
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Okay.
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Command 1, Service Center notified they'll get a crew in route.
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I'm correct.
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13-2 to 17's engine. I don't think there's really any rear access to this one.
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Interior, it's me.
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Command Interior, you got a lot of background noise.
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Yeah, a bunch of people with radios.
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All right, cruiser operating. I have crew from Tower One in one and one and myself,
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operating the office on the Delta side.
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Currently we have enough manpower inside.
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We're popping ceiling towels here now. Still have a woodburning smell and the haze is increasing slower.
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Okay.
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I just figure to find that everybody gets out of that Hawkins C.
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Council 1-4 is working on that right now.
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Also I have the crews for both animals.
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132 to Command 1. You want us to get a rear access off of Main Street here through the parking lot?
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13, come up and just stage in front of the tower.
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It's probably going to be your best access there.
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And then if you need to, want to be able to be able to that.
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I can copy that, Frank. He put us on the team with 4, that's 13-2.
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There's 13-2, 12152 is on the team with 4, Chief. We're staging at the Hydrant at near South Maine. We're also going to block Main Street forward.
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Copy 1080 and block in second.
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Franklin truck 4th and Charlie Codd.
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Engine 132, engine 172 and truck 42, 1259.
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I think I'll 8, 9, no, see.
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It was 8, 9, and 1259.
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In-29. In theory, command.
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You got a lot of carbon on the way.
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That's correct.
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Our top of that, we located the source.
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We're going to see you a two signature have it ready.
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One four you can hold off one charging that line for right now.
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Also command, primary, complete.
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It's negative.
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Okay.
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2.3,300.
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G47.
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Anything needed on that wall.
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We're going to get the hot stick. I want to verify electric, how, what's energize, and where.
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And then I got to check where the joyous run and the ceiling, but I'll get back down there.
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Okay.
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Franklin 2, Command 1.
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Yeah, Franklin.
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So information service center, call back, advised that would be West Penn, so we're making contact with him. All right, I'm direct.
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Since West Bend only has an extended ETA, see if they can remotely shut it off.
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Copy.
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Car 42, command.
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Go to 42. Go to 42.
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Just be right, I was on the Broadway side.
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You have a sailing tank.
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Check on the Broadway side, correct?
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That's correct.
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Location mentioned:
S Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17201
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