Fallen trees cause road closure and power outage


A storm caused multiple large trees and branches to fall onto roads in Watertown. One tree may have affected a utility box, leading to power outages and blocked streets.
Audio|Source: Codington County Public Safety
05:39
Transcript:
231W52. Go ahead. If Office 22 are not finding any fires, there's a huge pine tree that came down on a box. I don't know if it's sparked, but nothing's on fire currently. There's a lot of tree and tree branches down around town. If there's no active fire, once you guys go ahead and come back to 19. Stand 4. I'm going to drive a few more blocks, but then we can head back. Oh. A wood tree that fell intersection, 2nd Street, 7th Avenue, southeast southwest. Stand for. Three. 22 or 23 when you guys want to just take a quick look at that and if maybe we'll get a hold of the street department do if you can do that i have somebody with the fd hopping in the patrol car so i can take him to the down tree i have a down power line right here 4th avenue southeast 11th street southeast (name withheld). Go ahead. Did you call her advise if the tree is blocking the road? 10-4 advised it was laying in the intersection. 10-4. You just want to contact the street department, let them know. 10-4, send if we're not 106, have multiple burglary alarms coming in as well with like (name withheld), 1-1195 in southeast, heavy wine and spirits. 104. I'm pretty confident those are all going to be related to the storm and or the down power lines and here. Okay. So forth. 52322. Did you copy? I have a down power line here. What? Got a call about this at my again. It is on its side, signal two. Okay, that's four. 11th Street or 11th Street to 4th Avenue 55-year-old female conscious and breathing cannot move her leg and then pain in. 6-1-5 first hour and healthy as a woman fee. It will be back 10 and 8 told him to tone it down. I'm going to drive around the block and see if I can find the other party. Just a verbal argument. (name withheld). 5907. 97, you can show me on. Forest Avenue. 5.2122. 10. I know you guys are 106. Have you? You've made contact with utilities yet? I have. Super. Stand 4. There's a pretty sizable power outage in the southeast part of town right now. Super. 5.2.120. All right. Large tree down on the roadway, 7th Avenue, South Broadway.
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Location mentioned:
4th Ave SE & 11th St SE, Watertown, SD 57201
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