Power line down blocks road near Broadway and Harriet, South Portland ME
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a power line has fallen to the ground on Harriet Street near Broadway in South Portland, causing a power outage and blocking the road between addresses near 170 and 180. Utility companies have been requested to respond.
Audio|Heard on: South Portland Police and Fire/EMS Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:4
Transcript:
00:00
48 power line
00:04
You're 48.
00:08
I have confirmed on the power line down.
00:12
It's power maybe out in the area.
00:15
I can investigate a little bit more, but it is a power line.
00:19
That's the address that's on the ground currently.
00:22
It's your poll number shortly.
00:27
10.4. Just to confirm, is it on Harriet or on Broadway?
00:33
It's on Harriet right, right from Broadway, on Harriet, about 150 feet up.
00:40
104.
00:42
104.
00:44
10.6. Hub on.
00:53
Blunt. So I seem to be working okay now.
00:57
Probably ten-eight.
00:59
Ten-four.
01:03
South Portland, 442.
01:08
442.
01:10
Justin's calling, saying he doesn't have his wallet, is there any way he may have dropped it or left it somewhere at the station?
01:20
Let me take a look.
01:22
Time for, thank you.
01:31
For heat, power.
01:35
Turn, Andrew, for you.
01:39
So the power line is touching the ground on pole 10 and pole 11 snap halfway through branch.
01:47
We have the road blocked off from 170 to 1.80 area.
01:56
I'm going to need a CMP and maybe an EPA if you got it.
02:03
Careful.
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Location mentioned:
Broadway & Harriet St, South Portland, ME 04106
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