Power line down causes field fire and traffic closure, Elkhart County IN
Fire & ArsonA power line has fallen and caused a fire in a field near County Road 9 in Indiana. Smoke from the fire is reducing visibility and creating a hazard for drivers. Authorities have been notified and the road is being closed to protect traffic and allow fire crews to respond.
Audio|Source: Elkhart, Goshen & Elkhart County Police, Fire & EMS
08:26
Transcript:
00:00
It is 572 out of service.
00:05
Negative. Is that what you want me to take?
00:08
That's affirmative. That's fuel fire.
00:11
838, 5-1041.
00:13
838.
00:15
11.
00:17
This is that 3.38, time 4.
00:21
1107. That's going to be Fireground 2.
00:24
Fire ground 2. Fire ground 2.
00:27
338. 104.
00:29
104, thank you. Fire round 2.
00:34
5701.5-701.
00:36
5701.
00:37
Dispatch 6-0-202, 104.
00:42
Dispatch, you can clear at 543. 5.792 will be in row.
00:46
Time 4, I'll be tight.
00:49
543.
00:51
104. Town 4.
00:53
Harrison, 1107, the Concord.
01:00
Harrison, 1107, the Concord.
01:06
Two-present.
01:08
Go ahead,
01:11
Leonard.
01:12
9-12.
01:15
I'm going to be 10-76[2]. JDC with one rail, beginning mileage is in the call.
01:21
Ten-four.
01:24
534 Elfer, Tesla.
01:27
Okay, 501. We had a telephone truck working on it when we got here. He left. There's power lines on the ground.
01:35
They don't hear anything shorted out, but I think that's what started the fire.
01:40
Okay, 4.
01:42
Okay.
01:43
So,
01:45
can you advise the AEP or NipSCO?
01:48
This would be AAP here.
01:50
But there's construction guys here, but the guy that was in the boom truck left, so I'm not sure who the contractor was.
02:00
Dispatch from 5-1.
02:01
5-1.
02:06
1107's advising there is a line down. We're unsure if it's hot or not. Can you have AEP make the scene until we can advise, please?
02:13
10-4[1].
02:14
1171 will be in route with 1.
02:21
1107 is the first Concord unit and I think we can hit most of it from the road here.
02:32
7.05 to 11.07.
02:35
Can you see the wire that is down?
02:39
Two touches such. I'm 101824.
02:42
That's affirmative. It's laying across the field.
02:47
Two-22.
02:52
Okay, as long as we wouldn't keep track of that and not hit it with any of the water or so,
02:58
unless you know the neighborhood's out of electric.
03:02
Negative. The neighborhood still has power.
03:09
Is it coming from the pole that's in the field there about 60 feet off the road?
03:20
Negative. It's coming from the pole that's right here along 9.
03:23
I think that's the new cable across here, and that's how they crossed it with the power line.
03:33
Okay,
03:34
I know there's a couple wires here that I see in the field from this little pole as well. I don't know if that's part of it or not.
03:44
It might be all in connection because I think they're running the new fiber line.
03:48
I would maybe shut that traffic off on County Road 9.
03:52
People are driving through the smoke and you about can't see.
03:57
551, then round.
03:59
551. 541.
04:02
541.
04:03
Go ahead.
04:06
Is 71 around?
04:08
How far over here?
04:10
Go on.
04:16
Harris, and you guys advise you want it the road shut down? You want it from the north of the south shutdown?
04:24
Phil, if we could have it both ways, we got pretty heavy smoke till we get the fire knock down.
04:32
Okay, I'll get a block off for you.
04:35
Battalion 5, 501.
04:38
21, 21.
04:42
Go ahead.
04:44
Go ahead.
04:45
We're in the area if you need to hand moving.
04:48
Yeah, that would be appreciated.
04:52
Okay, we'll head over.
04:53
Elker, can you out just do that run.
04:56
All right, I want you to proceed to the scene.
04:59
Go to the south and block the road for them. I'll let... 22, I'll let you go around me at the intersection here at 26, and then I'll block the road when you guys go past.
05:10
5.34, Elkhart time for.
05:12
5.34.
05:14
5.2 moves for Steve. Several.
05:19
You say block to the south on 10 or 9th? Affirmative. Just proceed with caution through the smoke and get traffic shut down.
05:28
Simple.
05:34
1107-51.
05:36
Is this big enough we need to make a hydrant? We're going to be okay.
05:41
We should be good with a couple grass rigs in the engine.
05:50
We've got the AWP guys here blocking the corner at 9.
05:55
Your grass rigs pulling up. We'll start initial text.
05:59
For Adam 230, this after signal, 27.
06:02
Adam 230.
06:08
Inter 13 and Broadway Boulevard Valley Trust, E. Edward P. Paul, C.
06:13
Charles, 782, and 26 expiration on a modest S.E.X.
06:17
5.O.O.O.C.
06:21
2.25.
06:24
3.7.2. 2.72. Adam 272.
06:35
17, northbound, South Canada, 30.
06:38
In Gabby Trust, T-Tom, R. Robert S.M.
06:41
532-25, Red,
06:43
Toyota, Solara, Nova's belongings.
06:46
Tempor.
06:47
445, 534, 341, okay.
06:51
This match, 541 will be on scene.
06:55
541.
06:58
5751-1-1171 turn west on 28 and pull in the field at first entrance and we're going to use your boom to get in the field Just that has the time if I'm saying
07:12
Jeff That's the baton 525 dispatch 522 is on scene
07:20
522.
07:22
5122.
07:23
512. Pull up here where I'm standing in the middle of the road.
07:28
(number withheld) Clarend Boulevard West, (number withheld) is an employee for the apartment complex advising there's a tenant, (name withheld) refusing to leave the apartment.
07:38
Probably. And they need to get to it out if he's barricaded himself inside.
07:43
(number withheld) Clarenet Boulevard was.
07:45
Dispatch 571's on scene. 571.
07:50
445.
07:53
575. 5771, pulling the field over here.
07:59
522, turn right on the nine, come down here,
08:03
beside your ambulance.
08:05
Just that's Junice at County Road 9 and County Road 28.
08:09
AEP has been advised they will be on their way, unknown ETA.
08:14
501, clear, thank you.
08:17
504, 501.
08:19
Go ahead. Let's make sure we get a safety officer. I'll keep an eye on that line.
08:25
Yes, sir.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.
[2]
10-76: Unit en route or responding to a location.
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