Tree falls on power lines causing smoke near Hopkins Road, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonA tree fell onto power lines near Hopkins Road, causing the wires to arc and smoke. There was an initial report of fire, but now only smoke is visible. Hopkins Road is shut down in both directions for safety.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 22, wires arcing.
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Near Hopkins Road.
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Engine 22,
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wires arcing.
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Near Hopkins Road.
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Cross streets are Collier Hill Road and Lake Hills Road.
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On-Tack Channel 2.
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Timeout[1], 1037.
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Pondition 22 en route to the utility incident wires arcing, near Hopkins Road.
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Cullen by a citizen advised that a tree fell down on the power line, advised that it was on fire, but now it's just smoking, also receiving a call for a possible transformer fire at Womsey and Hopkins.
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1038 hours.
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I do. We're on scene with a tree on power lines. We're going to have to shut down Hopkins Road in both directions.
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I'll get you a poll number as soon as I can.
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First of opposition 22 is on scene with the tree on the power lines.
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Shutting down Hopkins Road in both directions to 42 hours.
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Timeout: Logged dispatch/incident time mark
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Location mentioned:
Lake Hills Rd, Richmond, VA 23234
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