Road closed on Franklin Rd due to downed wires and tree, Pittsburgh PA
Road ClosureA downed high-tension wire and several service lines are tangled in a tree near Franklin Road, causing a road closure between Montana and Perrysville. Fire crews and the power company are responding to manage the hazard and clear the area.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Fire Dispatch - Channel 1
01:47
Transcript:
00:00
I'll give you an update for the Duquesne light.
00:03
There's a high tension line that looks like it's mixed in with some of the service lines. It's right in front of near Franklin Rd.
00:12
They'll see that there's a cover whenever they come through. They'll see exactly where it is. But directly in front of near Franklin Rd is where the hazard is.
00:23
Please copy.
00:31
Probably took 33.
00:33
No response to the road square, we're back.
00:38
Bruce U-16.
00:44
All company's 16 engines back in, 16 engines back 20-hundred.
00:54
Just best 34 engine.
00:56
We have, it looks like this is a high-tension wire.
00:59
A service line, a couple of cable lines down with this tree, if you can let Duquesne lay now.
01:04
It's going to be closed on Franklin between Marshall and Perrysville.
01:09
And we'll need four straight to take care of this tree as well.
01:17
As received, are the wires in the tree?
01:22
Yeah, the wire is mixed in with the tree and it wasn't Marshall and Barrysville, it's between Montana and Perrysville. All right, yeah, they won't get out there until the new game light clears up there, Mark. We'll have four here now.
01:43
Copy, thanks. There's not much else we can do here. We have caution tape up. You can show us back.
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Location mentioned:
Near Franklin Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15214
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