Tree Down on Power Line Sparks Brush Fire Near State Highway 17, Phelps WI


A tree fell onto a power line near State Highway 17, causing a fire. The fire spread to nearby dry brush but did not block the road.
Audio|Source: Vilas County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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We call it near State Highway 17. Sounds like a tree came down on a power line. It is on fire. It's alongside the road. It is not blocking the road.
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Okay,
00:15
that's County Sheriff's office at the page for Feltz Fire. Feltz Fire, you're needed near State Highway 17 for a tree that came down on the power line. It is on fire. It is along the road not blocking the road. Time out to a both-oform.
00:39
Myelis, County Sheriff's Office of the Repage for Phelps Fire. Peltz Fire, this is a re-page for the call near State Highway 17.
00:46
We have a tree that came down on a power line that is on fire. It's alongside the road, not blocking the road. Caller did say the fire is spread from the bottom of the tree and there is dead brush on fire now.
01:06
On the power line, it is on fire and it is alongside the road, not blocking the road.
01:10
The fire is now spread from the bottom of the tree and it's starting dead brush on fire. Time to re-page 12.8.
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Location mentioned:
Near WI-17, Phelps, WI 54554
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