Fire starts from broken Verizon line near Crane Hwy, Charles County MD
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a broken Verizon line near Crane Highway and Soft Walking Road. The line started a fire that is catching nearby trees. Crews are working to put out the fire and more support is arriving to control the situation.
Audio|Source: Charles County Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Ambulance, three, seven, ten, alpha, two.
00:05
Three-seven.
00:06
Three, though.
00:14
Salt County.
00:17
Made contact with Verizon, advise them of the situation.
00:20
They advise they will call their local facility and they'll probably send someone out eventually.
00:28
I copy. Spectres on the scene.
00:29
They're going to try to extinguish the fire of the Verizon line now with some trucking extinguishers.
00:38
I copy, sir.
00:39
1659.
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10 D. Charles.
00:43
Go ahead, sir.
00:46
144 still in air.
00:49
That's correct, we're showing them on air.
00:52
Okay, I'm coming to crane highway and soft walking road.
00:57
The Verizon lines is broke, starting to catch trees on fire.
01:03
Engine 144.
01:06
It's 144 . We also got hotlights up here we need a hit.
01:11
But I'll keep 10 Tartegger here and 144 is up to you.
01:18
Talk out.
01:23
So, yeah, we have something up here that we need this wire to see that
01:28
power turns on to finish this fly.
01:32
That's right.
01:33
We're trying to get this lined up before catch all these cedar trees on far at the intersection.
01:37
He's got more crews coming.
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Crain Hwy, Maryland
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