Transformer smoking near Bunting and Earl streets, Clinton NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews initially responded to a reported structure fire near Bunting Street and Earl Street in Clinton. The situation was later determined to involve a smoking transformer on a power pole, and there was no actual fire.
Audio|Heard on: Sampson NC Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:50
Transcript:
00:00
Sampson County Primary Station 21, Mutual Aid Station 22, Station 2, Station 15, Station 16, EMS 102 respond to a structure fire.
00:09
Structure fire reported in the area of Bunting Street and Earl Street.
00:12
Bunting Street and Earl Street.
00:14
Caller is advising the top of a light pole is on fire.
00:16
Work your assignment Ops 1.
00:18
Ops 1 time out 1709.
00:28
Copy engine 21, 2100.
00:33
22's responding.
00:35
Truck 21 en route.
00:37
2101's en route.
00:39
210 is en route, Sampson.
00:42
Copy 2101. Sampson 2100.
00:44
Just an update.
00:47
It’s not going to be a structure fire.
00:50
Unsure how EFD turned it into that.
00:53
However, it’s going to be a power pole with a transformer on top that is smoking.
01:01
Okay.
01:02
I’ll hold everybody at your station.
01:04
Let all Clinton units stand by so either Station 21 or 22 can get there.
01:09
10-4. Sam 15 needs a rig.
01:12
Patient (name withheld).
01:17
Sampson County, attention all units responding to the Bunting Street and Earl Street traffic.
01:23
Stage at your station.
01:25
Stage at your station.
01:26
Authority at 2100.
01:27
All units 21 and 22 proceed.
01:30
Seventeen eleven.
01:31
Please speak 1500, great and wrap.
01:33
Thanks.
01:36
Sampson County, attention all units responding to the Bunting and Earl Street traffic.
01:41
Authority of Engine 22 correction, you can cancel the call.
01:45
You can cancel the call, there is no fire at 1713.
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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:
Bunting St & Earl St, Clinton, NC 28328
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