Utility service line remains energized after house fire, Blue Hill ME
Fire & ArsonFollowing a recent house fire on Billingsfield Lane in Blue Hill, a utility service line was disconnected and coiled at the pole but remains energized. Five utility trucks are onsite. A crew is scheduled to safely disconnect the energized line at the transformer the next morning. Nearby, a broken utility pole affecting only phone or fiber services was reported. Firefighters have been informed of the situation.
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Transcript:
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So we're on Billings, Steel,
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Lane.
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First pull in, we dropped the service up the side of the house, as well as the house fire, and it's coiled up at the pole and taped up to save.
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However, that service is still energized.
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We need to make up an order to have a truck from over here first thing in the morning and drop out of that transformer, but I have no use up there to do that tonight.
00:28
So they're on Billingsfield Lane, you guys did,
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you said you coil up that service, they're disconnected.
00:37
That service is J -Lag-WIPOL, but it is energized.
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Tomorrow morning, they're gonna need to, we're gonna need a crew come over here first thing in the morning, disconnect that, and all these five trucks to get out of here.
00:54
Yeah, I just went by our last poll up here on near 192, but I'll just go let the firefighters know if they're good, and it's just phone company.
01:03
Okay, that broken pole is just phone, and you're going to let them know, and we'll get a hold of, is that consolidated out there?
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It's fiber, I'm guessing it is, but I'm not sure.
01:19
Okay, we'll reach up to them, see if we can get a hold of somebody.
01:24
Perfect, thank you.
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411. Yeah, thank you guys.
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486.
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Location mentioned:
Billingsfield Ln, Blue Hill, ME 04614
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