Brush fire and power box explosion cause outages in East Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg PA
A brush fire broke out in the Smallbrook area. Barricades were set up at Fort Depew to control traffic, allowing only one Uber vehicle through near (number withheld) River Road. There was also an explosion that caused a power box to catch fire across from (number withheld) Milford Road. This fire caused power outages affecting Smithfield Edible Hospital and nearby businesses south of Country Kettle.
Audio|Source: Monroe County Fire - Northeast
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Transcript:
00:00
Smallbrook brush fire this time.
00:03
This is small bears.
00:11
Seven to nine two.
00:16
Okay,
00:19
we're going to need somebody to get some barricades.
00:21
We're going to put some barricades at Fort Depew.
00:27
Copy Ryan Bradford's Barricade.
00:35
36 brush 2 will be arriving.
00:39
36 fresh.
00:43
Number 2 is your stage behind my vehicle?
00:49
Free shoot.
00:51
Modern 297.
00:54
Prattice.
00:56
Okay,
00:57
can you notify 2223? They have no real life in the rig.
01:02
Okay.
01:04
Okay.
01:10
369, 3692.
01:16
Don't do.
01:19
Let me know when you have the block eight set up, there is supposed to be an Uber coming up to (number withheld) River Road, which is right before where the lines are.
01:29
We'll allow them through, but that's about it.
01:35
Watch it down, going down to low now.
01:39
Stop it.
01:44
Seven to nine two.
01:48
Yep, nine two.
01:51
Do you have taller in the village?
01:56
You do. All right,
02:01
copy. It seems like they caught it.
02:03
We believe so anyway.
02:10
Nine to seven.
02:15
Go ahead.
02:18
Right above the second fire, air is entree completely across the road.
02:25
Yeah, I thought that's black of both lanes.
02:31
Senator 29-7.
02:40
I plan on how you fall?
02:44
The morning I have said much more.
02:53
Good evening,
02:55
(number withheld) Milford Road.
02:58
They're reporting an alert explosion to release the power box across the streets on fire.
03:07
I copy system.
03:15
I don't know, can you do that, 367.
03:21
367.
03:23
That is another another party they did not provide you two.
03:31
Copy control.
03:39
County Brush 29 fire is responding.
03:43
Time five receipts.
03:50
365K. 337.
03:54
Good.
03:59
Ready to close after the queue village.
04:04
All right, copy that.
04:11
A minor 27.
04:14
20 inches.
04:17
A business is south of country kettle, so Smithfield Edible Hospital is all out of power.
04:24
Precious.
04:27
And you can mark my location.
04:31
Pishish.
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