Fire with downed power line reported near River Rd hillside, Armstrong County PA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire near a hillside above River Road. The fire involved downed power lines with visible flames and smoke. High voltage wires and electrical hazards were present on the scene, leading to cautious operations near the fire line on the hill above River Road.
Audio|Source: Armstrong County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Callers reporting the light is going to be right below the fire.
00:07
You call me that shot?
00:10
Yep, they're going up higher.
00:14
All right, let us know what you find.
00:20
Chief?
00:24
Go ahead.
00:26
It's up here on the fire line them. I'm at it right now.
00:31
Ah, what do you need, (name withheld)?
00:38
Let me get an update here,
00:45
see where to go up, but it's pretty far up here.
00:48
Just moldering pretty much. Watch, there's probably a wire down then.
00:57
If you look up where I will keep up here to hill where my truck's at, I don't know if you can see my flashlight or not.
01:04
No.
01:10
If you come down in the river,
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up the river,
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to the fire line, straight up here to hill.
01:15
Do you see what 90s buggy do you both?
01:24
No, I don't see any buggies.
01:29
They're both back here where we had that structure fire[1], see?
01:34
Okay.
01:39
We need to come back out of painting the road.
01:46
I'm right on top of the hill (name withheld) from the River Road.
01:49
There's a power line comes up from the River Road just north of my truck.
01:54
It's quite up here on top.
01:56
Is your truck on River Road?
02:03
At the little camp, my truck's right there, at the little camp right there past where, Hayes. And I came up over towards like, uh,
02:12
say,
02:13
11 o'clock.
02:15
But we do have fire up here, but nothing going anywhere.
02:21
Two minute from Armstrong.
02:23
Yeah, Armstrong.
02:29
Just confirming, we have members of the drone teams in route to the garage. Are you still going to need it?
02:38
I think we found it up on the hill here.
02:41
They can just hold there for a minute until we confirm.
02:45
Copy.
02:46
I'm Sean 260, Bates.
02:49
2.602.
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(name withheld) Chief 332, copy. We're at the garage.
02:59
Some of them guys up there, that's 25,000 volts from all through them power lines.
03:03
I am somebody coming from West Penn Power. He's coming up that way.
03:12
Kind of look like one pull up from a beat. There is something hanging down from the wires, from the pole. I can see like a train over the wires.
03:19
But I'm not walking up there in a dark.
03:22
Yeah, that's fine.
03:24
Chief one, Chief, one's back on, Hayes.
03:29
Yeah, from the signs of things start up over the hill here off the river road.
03:35
Cut, I can hear the buggies.
03:41
You see if I'm strong.
03:43
Go ahead, Armstrong.
03:47
All of 110's members can be heading up.
03:52
So you have a key to get into the access point over near Painter Road.
03:57
Okay, that'll work.
04:03
What were you at?
Police codes explained
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[1]
structure fire: Reported building fire
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River Rd, Pennsylvania
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