Primary line hits pole causing fire and road closure, Old Saybrook CT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a primary electrical line hit a telephone pole near Ferry Road, causing a fire and electrifying the area. Emergency units responded and shut down the road for safety.
Audio|Heard on: Old Saybrook Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
04:24
Transcript:
00:00
Responding is just be advised, I'm going to send out a second tone for wires on fire near Ferry Road.
00:10
Yeah.
00:12
This is one one-nine, you know that's a good enough.
00:20
Right or 302.
00:24
BOR. BOR. BOR.
00:27
BOR.
00:29
BOR.
00:30
BOR.
00:44
The wires on fire.
00:46
Repeating.
00:47
Old Saybrook Fire, you're responding near Ferry Road for the reported wires on fire.
00:51
Your timeout is 1552 hours, WQO, so that's tick-stick.
00:56
Toilers, you're going to be taking that at 23 if you can head to a normal drive, please.
01:02
Okay. Okay.
01:05
Okay.
01:09
Which call?
01:16
Spill or spell might be a little clarity over the electric wire.
01:21
Roger.
01:25
I'm right here at Main Street if you want me to take that one on a ferry road.
01:34
Roger, I'll take you with me.
01:39
315, responding.
01:43
Roger 315, you're responding.
01:51
For a 302 in area on Norwood,
01:54
3.O2, Establishing Command, investigating.
01:57
Roger, 302, you're unseen establishing command in the area.
02:05
Denver 30's in the area,
02:09
a ferry road.
02:12
Roger, 30, you're in the area, ferry road.
02:20
Tree limb on a wire.
02:28
From the caller we are unaware if there's trees or a limb on the wire, we just know that there was a fire.
02:39
Nolwood.
02:41
Engine 2 responding to Nullwood.
02:48
If you're ending mileage, 8-9, 345.
02:53
Under 1555.
02:59
3-0-7-R-R-0, come in.
03:04
Do you have the caller's information for near Ferry road? We have an order here, but we have nothing showing.
03:16
515. 15.
03:18
17. 17-6.
03:26
Engine 1 responding to Ferry Road.
03:29
4. It's going to be the primary line hitting the telephone pole itself and it's burning.
03:38
Roger 3.0. I believe you said it was a primary line hitting a cable wire causing parking.
03:49
It's going to...
03:56
We have an electrified telephone pole for the primaries,
04:00
and also you're going to have to have cable service out as well.
04:03
The whole pole and area is electrified.
04:08
Roger 3O. We're going to shut down ferry road, primary, and cable.
04:13
We'll make sure we contact them.
04:14
And I do have the caller information if you need it.
04:19
Negative, we found out of her shutting the road down now.
04:23
Received, 1556.
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Location mentioned:
Ferry Rd, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
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