Tree falls on power lines causing fire and road closure, Smock PA
Fire & ArsonA tree fell on power lines near Pleasant View Smock Road and Constantine Road, causing an electrical fire. The fire spread to nearby woods with multiple spot fires. The road is blocked and closed to traffic for safety.
Audio|Source: Fayette County Public Safety Dispatch
04:19
Transcript:
00:00
And it's a need acknowledgement from your station, Area 757, Pleasant View, Smog, Greta, and Monellen, for a call reporting a tree that fell down on power lines causing electrical fire.
00:09
Finds our touch in the guardrail, trees blocking the roadway.
00:17
FDOA.
00:23
Preston, you go ahead and be advised also your radios for very low.
00:31
Cali, station 29, we acknowledge your call.
00:35
Question 29, up, do we?
00:48
County 36, Captain.
00:51
Go, Captain.
00:56
All right, we've got three blocking the whole roadway on power lines, three catching fire.
01:02
I'm trying to get you a pull number here in a second.
01:06
Appreciate.
01:11
Johnny, 36 squads in the round.
01:14
District squad, FDA.
01:17
Squad, FDA.
01:20
Squad, you on eight?
01:27
Squad from Rescue.
01:33
Good.
01:38
We've got to go a long way around.
01:41
I need to go to Constantine Road in Pleasant View Smock Road and shut it down.
01:47
The long road, copy that.
01:54
Yeah, sit on Pleasant View Road, ready to Constantine Road and turn them around or send them down Constantine, whatever they want to do.
02:08
South 54 status.
02:15
County, 36th Captain.
02:21
Neither of these pools have a pool number on them, but it's going to be a West Bend Power Pool.
02:25
Closer's address, near Pleasant View Smallgrove.
02:33
Receive, so we'll loan now.
02:36
Do you know if the power is still on in the area?
02:40
That's unknown.
02:47
The power lines are they detached?
02:52
One of them playing on the ground.
02:55
One of them still attached.
02:56
Trees hanging on catching fire.
03:06
Squad,
03:08
are you up there yet?
03:13
It's out from the top of the hill.
03:20
The county is 29 squad,
03:23
in route.
03:29
County, 36-thap.
03:31
Dad.
03:38
I can let me know when you get an ETA, multiple spot fires here from this line, catching the woods on fire a little bit.
03:47
Racy, sir.
03:52
County, 32 squads arriving.
03:56
Racy.
03:57
Hey,
04:02
squad.
04:04
Go ahead.
04:10
Yeah, like I said, just shut it down, send them another way.
04:14
And make sure you don't push the door grow.
04:18
Copy that?
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Location mentioned:
Pleasant View Smock Rd & Constantine Rd, Menallen Township, PA 15480
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