Downed wire causes road closure on Prospect Street, Reading MA
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a downed wire across Prospect Street in Reading. The road was closed while fire and utility personnel awaited response from the Reading Municipal Light Department.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
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02:7
Transcript:
00:00
responding near Prospect Street for the wire down.
00:27
The 6-1 is out on Prospect.
00:32
Recease.
00:38
The 6-1 ready?
00:43
6-1. 6-1.
00:46
Right, sounds like the FTA is no longer allowed to touch the cable lines.
00:52
Is (name withheld) going to be responding to group it across the road and a cow will rip it down? I'm going to need to stand by.
01:00
Breezy, stand by.
01:03
And just let me know if they have an ETA whenever you speak to him.
01:08
Freezing.
01:09
The engine three.
01:21
We've blocked off one side of the intersection from the intersection front.
01:26
PECS is going around the other side to watch that off.
01:29
We'll be waiting for RMLD now.
01:33
Fire has that contact and RMLD now.
01:42
Reading 2-6-1.
01:48
Prospect.
01:50
Right, RMLD has been notified about ETA approximately 15 minutes of what they've been able.
01:59
Please, Steve, I'll be standing by, like I said, the wire's hanging,
02:02
going across the width of the road here.
02:06
Roger.
02:07
Right.
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Location mentioned:
Prospect St, Reading, MA 01867
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