Road closures after trees and wires fall in Plainfield, Plainfield CT
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According to the dispatch call, police and public works crews responded to multiple reports of fallen trees and wires on several roads in Plainfield, including Route 12 and Reservoir Street. Some wires were confirmed to be communication lines, and roads were temporarily closed near landmarks such as the police station, high school, and bus garage while officials assessed hazards and coordinated cleanup.
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03:2
Transcript:
00:00
We have a pole number already.
00:01
We're going to have wires down.
00:03
Every day, uh, main electrical wires.
00:06
Pole number one, two, three, six, and one, two, three, six.
00:10
Pole is going to be SBC.
00:14
(name withheld).
00:19
597, you have to send the load down there.
00:22
It's not going to be any sports currently.
00:25
I'm unsure if the wires are live at this point.
00:29
There is another tree on another wire just down.
00:33
Stand for full number.
00:35
The wires are down in the roadway.
00:38
I'm sure dispatch notes contact.
00:41
Town and I will pay.
00:43
And DFT to come in us to close the road down.
00:48
Affirmative. Semmel5, do you copy that?
00:53
Roger.
00:57
217, was in the American community? I've not seen anything.
01:03
It is.
01:04
I'm crossing this one before it goes by the tank from the backpack.
01:11
Roger.
01:13
Yeah,
01:14
It appears to be Reservoir Street.
01:17
Pole number is going to be 1724-1724.
01:23
It appears to be communication wires, not electrical wires.
01:30
Do you know if town highway already are on scene, roadway is passable?
01:37
(name withheld).
01:39
These are you two from here? Where's the next wires through now?
01:44
We have multiple reports of trees that are hanging on Route 12.
01:50
Longer-wide hanging,
01:52
A new police station,
01:53
A tree down near the high school,
01:56
And another tree near the area of the Hyder Park.
02:00
Receive?
02:02
109 copies.
02:04
I'll be 32.
02:06
Canterbury Road, no tree down may have been removed prior to my arrival.
02:12
I'll be en route.
02:13
Route 12 northbound was 2.11.
02:17
We're out here also reported a tree down near Cantina.
02:22
So if I just, any kind of just come in,
02:26
I'm sure we're keeping it running a log.
02:28
I'll be in town highway, state, DOT, QVE bus garage.
02:32
Also, though,
02:33
Just note if the lanes are passable.
02:39
QV.
02:40
Roger.
02:43
It's only when the road is closed.
02:45
It's in with the bus garage.
02:47
Roger.
02:50
297 status.
02:53
I just have the perfect lock for the tying until the highway or FD can get out here to place some signs.
03:01
Roger.
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Location mentioned:
Reservoir St, Plainfield, CT 06374
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