Bird contact causes pole smoke, no fire hazard, Oil City PA


A bird made contact with electrical wires near East 7th Street causing smoke from a pole. No fire was present and no ongoing hazard was found. Power remained on and the utility company was notified.
Audio|Source: Venango County Fire Departments, Oil City Police
03:22
Transcript:
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Pole Fire, 87th Street.
00:15
14, Royal City, Poole Fire, near E 7th St, Streets of Allegheny Avenue and Englewood Avenue.
00:23
Call reporting, pole was on fire, just smoking.
00:26
Time now is 1535.
00:35
Bobby, did they give you a description?
00:40
E7 is around 7.
00:50
Engine's using route 2, 2007.
00:58
12 clear oil city health care and route for refueling station 2.
01:08
Headquarters will be in the area on spring we'll be following the area.
01:24
We'll be on spring.
01:27
We'll be following for that mail.
01:31
1537.
01:37
Mango,
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engine two,
01:40
scene investigating.
01:54
Seven traffic.
01:58
Copy 7.1538.
02:07
Station 24, C.S.
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Station 3, EMS Response, US 322.
02:27
Station 24, C.S.
02:29
Station 3, EMS echo response, 6874, U.S.
02:33
322. It's going to be Home Depot for an 83-year-old female.
02:38
Cardiac risk.
02:40
Time now, it's 1539.
02:56
Go ahead.
02:58
Uh,
03:01
that was a bird that come in contact with a couple wires.
03:05
Doesn't appear there's any problem now, but I have a full number.
03:09
If Penelike wants to come look, they can, but everybody here says they have power.
03:13
We don't see any.
03:14
Full number is going to be 1-3-5-2-8.
03:19
That was 1-3-5-28.
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Location mentioned:
Near E 7th St, Oil City, PA 16301
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