Power lines down and vegetation fire on highway 96 road, Granville County NC
WildfireMultiple power lines and poles fell across Highway 96 near Cornwall Road, blocking traffic and causing a fire in the roadside vegetation. Emergency units are responding to extinguish the fire and manage the hazard on the road.
Audio|Source: Oxford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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5.24. Get a Duke Energy in a route.
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We have multiple poles down, lines across the roadway in several spots.
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I-24 to Forestry 2.
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Can you come in off a Cornwall direction on 96? We've got a vehicle hung up in the lines on 96, blocked in the roadway.
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No trucks can get around to the fire.
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The fire is about half a mile down the road.
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I'm coming by a little Saddleway, I mean, a Saddleway really, isn't that, Grace?
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When you get past sunset, you're going to run over the power line that's in the road.
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There's a fire on the right-hand side, on the big power line off of 96, burning really well.
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But nobody can get to it from Cornwall Road.
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Dang, what they’re right?
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Fifty one, round, sir.
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The 51.
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51 in route.
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51 in route.
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101. DMF1 on C.
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On C.
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On C.
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50 is in route, Central.
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10 route.
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We're directing on station five.
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You can go ahead and get Station 1 to that as well.
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Well in 19 right right.
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7-1-2-96 for Watkinsburg.
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One is going to respond to the area of 96 and Watkinsburgsman and they'll just communicate to the same fire or different fire.
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Go ahead.
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502 to 1-04.
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Go ahead.
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I'm gonna break 50 down while they look at the road.
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I'll let you know.
02:19
Yeah, well they're on the way from there 96th, do y'all probably be?
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Central Session 1,
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Mutual A grass was Waukes-Wilkinson, how we know.
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Okay.
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Clation 1, I need to respond.
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In the area of Watkins, Wilkerson, Road, and Highway 96, Watkins, Wilkerson, Road, and Highway 96,
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railfronts, mutual grasswoods fire,
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just about 1710.
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582 Central.
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Thank you. Yeah.
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Two,
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two, go ahead.
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The city's central.
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All units clear from the bell.
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The 16 is in release to the main one.
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No one.
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If you want.
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If you want, it's great.
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Session 3 Mutway, Grandswoods, 5006.
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Section 3 Berea I need to respond highway 96 north 6527 highway 96 north reference grasswoods fire each way you last act one tag one this fetch time 1715
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NC-96 & Cornwall Rd, North Carolina 27565
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