Live wire on fire near Green Tree police station, Pittsburgh PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a live electrical wire caught fire near the Green Tree Police Station at West Manilla Avenue, likely caused by a transformer explosion. This incident caused a local power outage, and fire units were dispatched to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County West Police, Fire, and EMS, South Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:5
Transcript:
00:00
In front of our police station, we have a live wire on the ground.
00:03
On fire.
00:06
That's copy.
00:11
Is there a pole down two or just a wire?
00:15
Just the wire looks like a transformer exploded in the area.
00:21
That's copied.
00:22
And any reported outages that you can see from where you're in?
00:27
Yeah, ten four is a power out just because of it.
00:32
Copy.
00:48
For wires down and on fire, it's going to be at the Green Tree Police Station,
00:58
near West Manilla Avenue,
01:01
Station 163.
01:02
Respond on West Fire 2,
01:04
759.
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Location mentioned:
W Manilla Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15220
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