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Tree fire on power lines causes outage and road closuresPottsville PA

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Valley Rd & Hill Rd, Hegins Township, PA 17938

Fire units responded to a tree that caught fire on electrical wires near Valley Rd and Hill Rd, causing a power outage. Crews coordinated with the power company and closed nearby roads to handle the hazard safely.

Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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Schaefer's Hill Road will be closed at Valley Road and at Quandals. You can show all units clear of this tree in.
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I'll be 2044.
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T683 County.
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Scuylfoam. 3.240.
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County, show me responding.
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You're responding 2045.
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586.
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Vernon over to Stoney Top.
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Clear now.
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You're heading to Stoney Top, I'll clear it out. You're heading to Stoney Top. I'll clear it out, copy.
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Go, 3405.
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3405.
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I'll call on the poll number. Nothing we're going to do with it. It's way off the road.
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We're going to set a page out for Summerhill and 183. I got a direct call for a tree down up there.
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Yeah, it's going out now. You're getting alpha page only.
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Okay.
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Portable.
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2630 to county 4630. 4630.
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All clear.
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If you're all clear, 20, 40.
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The county is 6875.
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60 and 75. 60 and 75.
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We're in round.
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If you go to 20th the market.
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Correction, 15th.
02:09
Is it to power the lights, those will be at 16th?
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Yeah, six, yeah, that's it.
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All right, you could show.
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On them,
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stay off the radio.
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5211.
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6211.
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So it will be in-rout.
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Your route 2048.
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Google Firefox 240.
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4240.
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All location.
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2049.
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County Chief 62.
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62.
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Are you clear from Caroline?
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Yeah, I'm going to be busy on the street in South Nicholas and Union.
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All right, you're getting another one, 404th Wing Street.
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County Utility 60 at 64.
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6864. Okay.
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School.
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2050.
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Sheep 63.
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I have a tree on wires here that's on fire.
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When you're ready, I give you a poll number. I've got to get over to the streetlight boxes to open them up.
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Go ahead.
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4-2-391 over S-C-Earer 4-9-519.
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Copy.
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Very large power outage.
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There's nothing we're going to do with it. I'm going to clear and go open up the traffic light box.

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Valley Rd & Hill Rd, Hegins Township, PA 17938

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