Power line snapped near Heberton St and Wellesley Ave, Pittsburgh PA
Fire & ArsonA power line near Heberton Street and Wellesley Avenue snapped but the pole remains upright. The wire is down on the street and may still be live. The fallen wire damaged a street light, causing it to stop working. No fire or smoke was visible at the scene.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
02:29
Transcript:
00:00
Wellesley and Heberton, the power line here, we're going to sell off the pole, completely snapped.
00:07
You can let your cane light down.
00:11
Yeah.
00:15
Sorry, just to clarify, the wire completely snapped from the pole, but the pole is still upright.
00:23
Good question.
00:37
18 engine from command.
00:44
18 engines.
00:47
How's it, law?
00:50
We're coming out.
00:51
There's that not smoke with fire.
00:54
All right see.
00:55
13 from command.
01:01
13 trucks that come in, there's no visible fire that we can see at this time.
01:09
Received,
01:10
dispatch,
01:12
10 places under control.
01:16
Received under control 0328.
01:21
583 you can show me holding here this wire came from the top of the pole and if you can give me an ETA on 2KL8 when you get one
01:31
it's to 483 I got them on the front right now stand-bye
01:40
I'm eighty-three towards
01:48
Space to 3583.
01:50
Is it a sporty marking or making any noise?
01:56
No, that's what I use.
02:08
Space to 3583, is that a live wire.
02:16
It's not to both ends, it's laying on the street.
02:19
So that part is not, but there's other ends that are hanging on.
02:22
It actually touched one of the street lights.
02:24
It looks like it blew it out.
02:27
The part of that street light is just hanging.
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Location mentioned:
Heberton St & Wellesley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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