Power outage caused by transformer issue after loud bang, Lehigh County PA
Fire & ArsonResidents heard a loud bang and their house shook near North Otter Street. The power went out, but there was no smoke or fire visible. Firefighters checked the area and found no hazards. The outage was caused by a problem with a transformer.
Audio|Source: Lehigh County Police
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Transcript:
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Call the 6th, they heard a loud bang and the house shook, power went out, no smoke or fire scene at this time.
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Requests someone to come and check to see if everything's okay.
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Near North Otter Street.
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(name withheld) 303.
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303. Can hold that fire call from mail.
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Head over after this. Quirt 305.
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Tempo, 303.
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Cabinet 305. Smoke detector, near North Tenth.
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Okay,
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County, engine 32.
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Engine 32. Clear hour two.
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The French in 32, call reported to hear the loud bang and the house shook.
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The power did go out.
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No smoke or fire sheen.
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Call just requesting somebody to come check things out.
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Release WebEdic 5, we're available to return.
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County, Chief 32.
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Chief 32.
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Unseen, near North Otter.
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Nothing apparent from the exterior.
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Make this hot-free command, county one of us available, please.
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Ground 1. And also we just got a call back from the caller.
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She's poured a large area out of power.
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As you also spoke with PPL, some type of a problem with the transformer.
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