Possible electrical hazard found in underground pit


There is smoke and possibly smoldering wires in an underground pit that could be an electrical hazard. There are no visible flames, but it is located near a busy road.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire Zone 2
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Transcript:
The race track road command, go ahead. Have we got some kind of underground pit up here? In between the Off-Rex 79 Race Track Road smoking. It's overgrown by wheat. Do you notify West End power and haven't come out of this location? No act of fire just trying. smoking but it goes down five to six feet ten four as far as we can see it looks like there are exposed wires under there smoldering I'm not sure what this is Engine 41 from Washington, your exact location, is that the location from dispatch or somewhere different? Dispatch was on the on-ramp of 79. It's going to be a little bit different. We're at the intersection to the on-ramp the I-70. north. It's going to be in a grass area between the off-ramp to 79, between that and racetrack road.
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Location mentioned:
Near Racetrack Rd, Washington, PA 15301
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