Utility pole transformer fire with lingering smoke, Marietta OH
Fire & ArsonA utility pole transformer caught fire behind McCaffrey's. Flames are out but smoke remains. Another nearby line makes unusual noises and is covered by vegetation.
Audio|Source: Washington County Public Safety
02:25
Transcript:
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A Street behind McCaffeyes.
00:05
Be a transformer on fire, a pole.
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Dispatch.
00:09
No tone for that and no whistle.
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Okay,
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I set both of them again.
00:17
Off manually.
00:18
And half the tone of the whistles are blowing now.
00:21
Right, I set the alarms off, the sirens off themselves.
00:25
At the pole that was on fire, there's no longer a visible flame, but you can smell smoke.
00:32
Officers on seeing the advisors, they're visible flame, but you could still smell smoke.
00:37
24 headquarters.
00:38
There's also another line just making an odd noise that may have some of it as well and it's fully engulfed with a tree surrounding it.
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There's no physical flame but it's surrounded completely by vegetation.
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Location mentioned:
Marietta, OH 45750
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