Tree branch smolders on wires causing power concerns


A tree branch is smoldering on electrical wires in a wooded area, possibly causing a power outage. Firefighters are on scene and have requested the electric company to respond.
Audio|Source: Baltimore County Fire and EMS - Digital
02:13
Transcript:
(name withheld) 12 racks. Engine 12th. Go ahead. Engine 86. Go ahead. In contact with the floor, we do have a branch sitting on top of the wires. Smoldering, can you have BG&E make a response? I got a poll number for you for a nearby poll. Okay, go with the poll number. Full numbers will be 94655 over 7-008. Okay, you said 946-507? 5.946-5. over 7-008. Okay, and it's just a branch on the wire? That's correct, just resting on top of the wires, smoldering. Okay, are you remaining and is there still power in the area? It's hard to tell us there's a lot of woods around. The gentleman that was on the team with us said, looks like the pile went out in the area. We are going to stay just because it's smold if you can't get an ETA from DGA when you reach out soon and just let me know, please. Okay, if you have a better location than I can give them on a miracle address, they just said 612. All right, stand by. If that's my control. So it's going to be on Byrd River's road between Edmonds Road and where the Elkout Tavern is. Okay.
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Baltimore County, MD
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