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Water main break causes road closure near Meadowbrook Place, Maplewood NJ

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audio iconRoad Closure
Meadowbrook Pl, Maplewood, NJ 07040

As discussed during the dispatch call, a suspected water main break near Meadowbrook Place caused the ground to swell and the road to buckle. Police blocked the road, and fire department units were dispatched to the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Maplewood Police Department
Listen to dispatch call
01:31
Transcript:
00:00
Can you start over? I have FD.
00:01
going out,
00:02
near Meadowbrook Place for a possible water main break or water condition.
00:08
FD's been advised there en route.
00:13
Near Meadowbrook Place en route.
00:18
Time four, thank you.
00:25
31, I'm on behalf.
00:26
Receive. Receive.
00:29
Receive.
00:32
331 we definitely have continuous water flow ground looks like the ground is raising up a little bit coming out of the ground okay received the FD should be there momentarily
00:51
331 50s go to central
00:57
All right, I'm going to block this off until, for right now.
01:01
The road's definitely buckling, it's a wide space.
01:05
I alert the FD that we're pretty short,
01:08
so I'll just block it off until I'm needed.
01:13
They should just let them know if I've got to go.
01:14
They'll make arrangements, so take it off.
01:18
Okay, you're going to close it from Elm to Boyden?
01:23
No, it's a one way.
01:24
We're going to close it at Boyd.
01:27
We're just going to close it off at Boyden.
01:31
Receive, I got you.

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Location mentioned:
Meadowbrook Pl, Maplewood, NJ 07040

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