Tree limb ignites repeatedly on power lines near Route 236, Berwick ME
Fire & ArsonA tree limb is repeatedly catching fire on high-tension power lines near Route 236, causing smoke and requiring emergency response and utility team involvement.
Audio|Source: South Berwick Police, Fire, and York Ambulance
02:27
Transcript:
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Just watch on the air for Bullock Fire, transferring a double line for a tree on the power line.
00:14
Keeps catching fire.
00:16
Near Route 236.
00:20
Dispatch repeating for Berwick fire, transcending a still alarm[1] for a tree limb on the wire,
00:25
keeps re-igniting.
00:27
Area near Route 236, timing your tone's 11.59.
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Ferwick Utility 7, Sanford.
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Utility 7, go ahead.
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Joe Sprint.
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Copy here,
00:49
three one on the power line. Both smoke and claims are visible.
00:54
Keeps reigniting, road call, CMP.
01:02
Chief One is answered. Chief One is answered.
01:06
Chief One.
01:10
Yeah, it's going to be CMP pole 516, 516.
01:16
The tree limb is across all three high-tension wires just sitting there. They're going to need to take care of this sooner than later.
01:28
Copy. CMP4-516 tree limb on all three wires.
01:35
I'm on the phone with CMP down.
01:40
For Utility 7, Sanford, you can show us on scene[2].
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Copy Utility 7 on scene[2].
01:51
Dispatch, 212. Dispatch, 212.
02:01
Hold up in quadas, we can handle it for now.
02:07
Receip.
02:09
Uh,
02:12
I'm sorry, Chief One.
02:15
Go ahead, dispatch.
02:19
TMP had already gotten reports of a large outage.
02:22
They said 15 minutes.
02:25
Yeah, okay, thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
still alarm: Initial limited-resource emergency response, typically smaller than a full alarm assignment.
[2]
on scene: Unit has arrived at the incident location
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Location mentioned:
Near ME-236, Berwick, ME 03901
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