Pole fire near Verizon wires; branch melting


Fire crews respond to a pole fire with a hanging branch near Verizon wires. The wires are melting, but no active lines are down. Copper is affected.
Audio|Source: Burlington County Public Safety - Digital
02:34
Transcript:
4611[2]-1. 4611. He sounds responding to 114-14[1] or road for a possible pole on fire. 114. 114 or road, user response channel 4. Thank you, ma'am. 111.4. 1824-990, (name withheld). 18661. 1860. Central, 23882 on rotation. 2588. 2582 Central? 2582. You just crashed a medic unit when you have patient on blood centers here ahead. Okay. Okay. After 4611's arriving. Kind of a little fire with a branch hanging all the primary. We'll be out. 4611. Central Medic 333[3] methods. Medics 33. That's a 46-11. I'm trying to get a poem under here in a second, but could you start the Verizon[4] as well, the branch is grounding itself out, secondary to the Verizon wires, and that's what's melting. 46.11. One member I could ascertain was 2.02521. See what you can also about that. Okay. Just let them know that there's no active lines that are down on the ground, but we do have the Verizon wire that is melting itself. In the second area, the Brent, it's all the copper.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
114-14: Possible pole on fire
[2]
4611: Responding fire/EMS unit
[3]
Medic 333: Medic unit assigned
[4]
Verizon: Utility wire involvement
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Location mentioned:
Near 14th St, Burlington, NJ 08016
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