Major flooding affects traffic near Cedar and Copper, Fresno CA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to major flooding near North Cedar Avenue and East Copper Avenue in Fresno, affecting eastbound lanes and nearby areas including First Street north of Herndon. Vehicles were reported driving into standing water at high speed, and police and fire teams coordinated to manage the hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Fresno City Police, Fire and EMS
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03:28
Transcript:
00:00
Copper and Cedar RPs are reporting major flooding in eastbound lanes of Copper Avenue.
00:04
Vehicles are hitting it at a high rate of speed.
00:08
No further.
00:09
That's all clear.
00:17
Copy.
00:36
Communications, this is one.
00:40
Engine One, go ahead.
00:43
Yeah, can you go ahead and start Ladder One to our location?
00:48
They can get in on 180 westbound from Cedar,
00:53
and they'll see Engine One, just have them pull past where I needed a couple of their tools.
01:01
Engine One coming.
01:12
Special request water one for traffic accident zone 50581, highway 180.
01:20
Prop of 41.
01:27
Ladder one, engine one.
01:36
Ladder one, engine one.
01:41
Metro city one, I'm showing eyes registered to her.
01:47
Arizona coffee.
01:56
Engine one, ladder one.
02:00
Yeah, ladder one, engine one.
02:01
Hey, we're off the number one lane,
02:04
center median,
02:05
just past engine one.
02:08
You got some room right here? We're just gonna need your renters to pop this door real quick.
02:15
Vehicles are hitting it at a high rate of speed.
02:26
Communication,
02:27
ladder three.
02:34
Ladder three, go ahead.
02:37
Confirming the notes here that this is a motion sensor alarm and not a fire alarm.
02:52
Engine three, that's a firm.
02:57
Can you contact the alarm company and find out if this is a continuous alarm that's being activated or if it was momentary and has reset?
03:12
Fire three, I copy.
03:13
It looks like it was called directly to Fresno PD, so I'll go ahead and try and make contact.
03:22
Four Frank Thirty-One, just for info.
03:25
First Street north of Herndon has been completely flooded as well.
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Location mentioned:
N Cedar Ave & E Copper Ave, Fresno, CA 93730
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