Transformer explosion near Columbia High School tracks, Maplewood NJ
Fire & ArsonA transformer exploded near the train tracks by Columbia High School in Maplewood. There was no smoke or visible hazard and trains continued operating without issue.
Audio|Source: Maplewood Police Department
01:36
Transcript:
00:00
All right, can you check the parking lot area of the Columbia High School lot by the train tracks?
00:09
See if there's any transformer down or anything of that nature.
00:13
Call was reporting when a train went by, she heard a loud explosion.
00:18
It doesn't think it was the train, but possibly a transformer.
00:21
You can check and advise.
00:26
Yeah, it was a transformer.
00:27
It was on the train track area.
00:29
Two trains have come through.
00:32
There's one coming through again right now.
00:34
It was on the train track area.
00:37
I was here when it went off.
00:39
Everything seems 10-4[1], though.
00:40
They were riding their trains there.
00:44
All right, so it's a transit issue?
00:51
Yeah, it 100% was on the train track area.
00:53
You can notify them if you want, but two trains again just came by again, so it doesn't seem to be an issue.
01:02
All right, just to be clear, so I can do this to transit.
01:06
It's a transformer down or something else?
01:14
One of their transformers popped.
01:17
So there's no smoke conditions.
01:20
And like I said, they're riding back and forth through the train tracks.
01:25
So if they want to send someone out,
01:27
you can notify them and then see if they want to send someone out.
01:30
But I don't see any conditions at this time.
01:34
All right, receipt.
01:35
I'll let them know.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Affirmative)
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Location mentioned:
Parker Ave., Maplewood, NJ 07040
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