Tree on power lines causes sparking and road closure, Parma OH
Fire & ArsonA tree fell on power lines near West Ridgewood Road in Parma, Ohio, causing sparking wires and blocking the road. Fire and police units responded and are on scene. The power company has been notified but an estimated time of arrival was not yet provided. Smoldering was noted, but no property fire was observed. The road is closed until the power company secures the area.
Audio|Source: Parma / Parma Heights Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 2 dispatch.
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Engine 2 is unseen.
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PPD is on scene.
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We're going to be blocking the whole road.
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We're going to call CEI to get them out here.
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Why don't you shut it down, is that 29th back there?
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Right?
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Okay.
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96.
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96.
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OH1's on hold of the insurance.
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Do you know CEIs coming out of this site?
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You also have a sock and just put in the cad that her car was parked over in the dark lot.
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Pretty big teams.
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The manager was the highest. She's okay for that.
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Happy.
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Brady, I'm sorry. I know you're slammed up there.
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All the power company by chance to see.
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Apparently no one else thought of ever.
01:25
Weird. Okay, yeah, the tree is laying on top of the wire and it's sparking and sparking.
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And the PFDs is here.
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They're looking at what's going on.
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Perfect.
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So when you get in that?
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Copy.
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The West Ridgewood.
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All right. Well, that's great.
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And then it looks like it's blocked behind me.
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So I'll just sit here and wait for the power company.
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I already have my temper tantrum with a couple people because they don't know what means blocking the road. If you give them two feet, they're going to come through.
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All right,
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then we'll get closing with the fire trucks across the road, so don't worry.
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Channel of them and try to communicate with these fire guys here.
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The unit to the truck on the West Ridgewood.
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Parma PD to the truck, I don't know, Westridge of blocking traffic by the line.
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The fire truck over there on the downline.
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Yes, copy engine two.
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Hello, good evening.
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We did notify the power company and we haven't gotten an ETA being yet.
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Copy, thank you.
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We're on the phone with them.
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I'm going to call it dispatch and see if service can come out here and approach road to start putting down that tree. Is that okay over there?
03:39
Well, no, because it's actually on those big transfer lines, so I wouldn't touch this yet.
03:47
But we can get them rolling together for when they do shut the power off.
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Copy. I'll call it.
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I'll let them know.
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To do that, don't worry about it.
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Copy, thank you. We'll be here if you need you.
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There's a engine, too.
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Engine two, go ahead.
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We just got a call from near West Ridgewood. They stated that the front yard wires as well and they've seen flames.
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To be able to check that out.
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She stated is wet.
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Near West Ridgewood.
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Engine sure to just sit right in front of it, we see it.
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We're blocking on the west side of, or east side of a down wire, and the cop was blocking the west.
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I got me.
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See, I don't see any flames just smoldering,
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but...
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I wouldn't touch anything here until the power company.
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And there's no, like,
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property on fire.
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Correct.
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You can get service.
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We've got a DTA of 15 minutes for CDI on scene here.
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Copy, thank you.
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And I do have a cop behind you blocking, I don't know how they might be coming from the other side street, I apologize.
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W Ridgewood Dr, Parma, OH
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