Fire from resistor on utility pole near school extinguished, Currituck County NC


Fire crews responded to a fire that started on a utility pole near a school caused by a resistor. The fire was put out after they cut power breakers. No further hazards were found at the scene.
Audio|Source: Currituck County Fire and EMS
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
I'm out of the Curzac station. I'm working on getting 43 on the road. This was at the rear of the school you said?
00:09
Second, just 46 in route part two.
00:13
Copy, 1842.
00:17
43 in the route, par one.
00:20
Okay.
00:25
On location, I got waivers.
00:27
Go ahead and give AP 41 a command and C-Map.
00:29
Command, O'A5.
00:31
I wait, Jim 43 on scene, AP 41 has command, 18401.
00:35
Check to command. We're also going to go ahead and notify.
00:46
Command of CERDA. Command occurs up.
00:51
All right.
00:53
We're going to cut this back to just engine 43.
00:56
They had a fire from the resistor on the pole. When you're ready, I'll give you a phone number.
01:00
Go ahead.
01:03
Papa George 7.1.
01:09
Copy. Papa George 7.1.
01:11
No five to visit.
01:13
Yeah, you couldn't advise them that the resistors still intact.
01:17
They said that there's some planes that were shooting out of it. They secured the breakers with the panel and it secured those flames.
01:26
Wow. You can clear.
01:33
46, you can clear.
01:41
Copy Perfection 14th, sir.
01:45
Copy engine 46, clear, 184,000.
01:47
I hurry up. I hurry up.
01:54
Okay, go ahead.
01:56
All right, this is going to be an issue with them cutting the light falling for the field over here, J18 Avenue. That's when the fire occurred. I got that when they cut the breaker, the fire went out.
02:09
Issues, cutting lights on in the field,
02:12
1847.
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Currituck County, NC
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