Vehicle stuck on US-2 sparks power line ditch fire in Wakefield, Wakefield MI
Fire & ArsonA vehicle stuck on US-2 near Grandview stalls traffic, while a downed power line sparks a small roadside fire near Highway 64, prompting concern.
Audio|Source: Gogebic County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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80309.
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Beacon 309.
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We are stuck in the middle of US2 in front of Grandview.
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We are unable to move.
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We need a hook.
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Here we'll make some calls.
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We got a copy.
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You got a copy.
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Jay Scott, anybody has the radio on?
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Yeah, go ahead.
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There's a fire on 64.
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I think it's a broken line.
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Oh, am I had a tree burning?
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Or?
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Rush on the ground, I don't have service to call anybody, but there's a line snap by the looks of it.
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Okay, probably whereabouts? Oh,
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I'm not far out of the S-Kurbs.
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That's the Bologn's house there.
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It's nothing crazy, but there's just a little fire.
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I don't think it's going to do anything, but...
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Yeah, the wire is probably burning, it didn't blow the fuse yet.
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I'm doing that fire, is it off of the highway there on the shoulder there kind of?
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Yeah, within the ditch.
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I mean, it wasn't on Grazie, I don't think it's going to get away, but...
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Okay, you want to make sure it wasn't on the highway there? No,
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not on the highway. I can see the lines are hanging.
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I didn't see no trees on it, but it's just rain below where the power lines are, so...
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All right, Jim Bart.
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US-2, Wakefield, MI
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