Smoke seen from manholes due to underground wiring fire


Fire crews respond to smoke coming from manholes caused by underground electrical wires burning. They block off the area and monitor the situation.
Audio|Source: Dane County Fire, Sun Prairie Police and Fire
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Transcript:
00:00Happy Engine is on scene.00:01N3, Engine 4, can you have those guys block-eyed off on that end so no more traffic comes through here?00:09Yeah, we're doing it right now.00:13Command, Med4.00:15Go ahead, Med4.00:18Med4 is West Washington Broome.00:21Copy that.00:22Engine 1, meet up with M.00:25Gene. Give me a little update here if you can.00:28And you want to copy that command and get you an update.00:41Attention, Dear Grove, Medici, in the village of your field, 221 morningside drive cross of Simon Street and Pine Street for an alpha-level person.00:51Channel Simon's going to be 8th hour from a base to 6.01:03Smoke has died here, not coming out of that, the manhole that we had the biggest problem.01:11Anything change over there?01:17C-WIC from, sorry, Command from Ladder 7?01:24Command, we still got a good amount of smoke coming from the manual covers.01:29I copy that.01:31Ladder 7, can you...01:32Call the OACs full.01:37Copy that, we'll do.01:38Ladder 7 calling you on the cell.01:42Command from Engine 1.01:45Go ahead, injure 1.01:48MG and E's first thought is that this is a low voltage, secondary line, burning up some wires and plastics up in there.
00:00
Happy Engine is on scene.
00:01
N3, Engine 4, can you have those guys block-eyed off on that end so no more traffic comes through here?
00:09
Yeah, we're doing it right now.
00:13
Command, Med4.
00:15
Go ahead, Med4.
00:18
Med4 is West Washington Broome.
00:21
Copy that.
00:22
Engine 1, meet up with M.
00:25
Gene. Give me a little update here if you can.
00:28
And you want to copy that command and get you an update.
00:41
Attention, Dear Grove, Medici, in the village of your field, 221 morningside drive cross of Simon Street and Pine Street for an alpha-level person.
00:51
Channel Simon's going to be 8th hour from a base to 6.
01:03
Smoke has died here, not coming out of that, the manhole that we had the biggest problem.
01:11
Anything change over there?
01:17
C-WIC from, sorry, Command from Ladder 7?
01:24
Command, we still got a good amount of smoke coming from the manual covers.
01:29
I copy that.
01:31
Ladder 7, can you...
01:32
Call the OACs full.
01:37
Copy that, we'll do.
01:38
Ladder 7 calling you on the cell.
01:42
Command from Engine 1.
01:45
Go ahead, injure 1.
01:48
MG and E's first thought is that this is a low voltage, secondary line, burning up some wires and plastics up in there.
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Location mentioned:
N Broom St & W Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703
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