Transformer fire with active flames near Spinning Wheel Road, Duncannon PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a transformer near Spinning Wheel Road and Notch Road in Watts Township caught fire with visible flames. Fire crews were dispatched to the scene. There was a report of an odor possibly inside or outside the nearby structure.
Audio|Heard on: Perry County Emergency Services
Listen to dispatch call
02:31
Transcript:
00:00
Watts Township near Spinning Wheel Road transformer fire box 903 brushline
00:13
Watts Township near Spinning Wheel Road, Transformer Firebox 903 brush 9.
00:20
(number withheld).
00:33
Wattstownship near area Spinning Wheel Road,
00:36
Transformer Firebox 903 brush 9, (number withheld).
00:41
Got any brush on, they're out.
00:47
Brush (number withheld).
00:50
Rush Nine, Watts Township, near Spinning Wheel Road,
00:54
colorvise, transformers to be arcing, utilize ops two.
01:02
Brush 9, copies, switch it to.
01:05
Brush 9, can tell me.
01:14
Go ahead, County.
01:17
We received a call from near Notch Road as well.
01:21
He saw the transformer on fire.
01:23
He smelled an odor.
01:25
We're not quite sure if it was outside or inside the way that he spoke, but if you could, just stop there as well and check around.
01:37
You say he smells an odor inside the structure?
01:45
Whether he spoke, we were unsure if it was inside or outside.
01:53
I'll do that.
01:54
For now, you want to dispatch my engine?
01:58
Okay.
02:04
You can put us in the area as well.
02:06
Do have active fire from the transformer.
02:11
Okay, brush (number withheld).
02:13
Do you want me to dispatch the engine to where you are? Do you want me to dispatch the engine to near Notch?
02:20
Go ahead, dispatch near Notch.
02:23
Okay.
02:28
Chief to the brush, I heard that I'm grabbing the engine.
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Location mentioned:
Spinning Wheel Rd, Duncannon, PA 17020
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