Vehicle damaged utility wires under Taconic telephone pole, Columbia County NY
Fire & ArsonA vehicle is positioned under old utility wires damaged near Taconic State Parkway in New York. Fire units are coordinating with the Consolidated utility company to inspect and secure the damaged lines to ensure safety. The wires appear melted but are not blocking the road, and no fire remains in the area after securing the site.
Audio|Source: Columbia County Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Can you start the communications utilities in the area to us? It's going to be an old Taconic telephone pole number 27,
00:10
but the car was directly beneath it and the wires do look damaged.
00:19
Is it going to be the primary line or the cable line?
00:26
Cable lines definitely can't tell with the primaries.
00:32
Three -season, do you know which utility company it's going to be? One of the Tri-Village Command.
00:45
Command on.
00:48
Do you know which power company that's going to be there?
00:53
I don't believe there's any need for power.
00:57
It looks like it's just going to be consolidated at this point.
01:03
Free-2.
01:05
We'll contact consolidators in 1966.
01:22
Command on.
01:25
I've made contact with the Consolidated Supervisor for the area. She's going to contact the crew and have them respond up and check their lines.
01:32
No ETA.
01:37
Risi, they're not in the road,
01:40
but the inflation is definitely melted off of them.
01:43
There's no reason for fire to stay in the area once we are secured, so just be advised.
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Location mentioned:
Taconic State Pkwy, New York
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