Power transformer fire behind McCafferty's in Parkersburg, Parkersburg WV
Fire & ArsonA power transformer caught fire on a utility pole near A Street behind McCafferty's in Parkersburg. The fire is out but smoke remains. Another electrical line near a tree is emitting smoke and surrounded by vegetation.
Audio|Source: Wood County Sheriff Dispatch, Parkersburg PD/Fire, Belpre PD/Fire
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Transcript:
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Caller advise, it's 109.
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109, near A Street behind McCaffery's.
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It's a transformer on fire, a pole.
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5 dispatch.
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There was no tone for that and no whistle.
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Okay,
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I set those open again.
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I set them off manually.
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That's fine, you only had half the turn and the whistles are blowing now.
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Right,
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I set the alarms off, the sirens off,
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themselves. 1024 headquarters.
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I'm here at the pole that was on fire.
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There's no longer a visible flame, but you can smell, uh,
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smoke. Fire personnel officers on seeing the advisers that visible flame, but you could still smell smoke.
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Headquarters.
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There's also another line that's making an autism.
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They have some smoke coming from it as well, and it's fully covered with a tree surrounding it.
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There's no visible flame, but it's surrounded completely by vegetation.
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You're clear.
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...about briefed fire personnel.
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Aster advised that there's a line going into a tree that seems to have some flames but smoke coming from it.
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Parkersburg, WV
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