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Blown transformer causes smoke in basement on Franklin St, Morrisville PA

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W Franklin St, Morrisville, PA 19067

A squirrel touched power lines near Franklin Street, causing a transformer to blow and smoke in a basement. There was no fire to the house.

Audio|Source: Bucks County Fire North and OPs
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Transcript:
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Sorry, near Franklin Street, off South Hilltown Avenue, any dwelling?
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807 is respondent.
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Definitely 87.
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7.36 responding.
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1726.
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C316 is responding.
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T336. T-36.
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Okay,
00:37
17 is in rough.
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Okay, 17. Okay, 17.
00:43
Okay.
00:50
Call from the resident lives adjacent to near Franklin Street on South Hilltown Avenue, they saw smoke in the basement of their home and heard a loud bang.
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Thank you.
01:06
It's kind of 5087.
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Ladder 18 was down 18 and one with four.
01:14
I think so.
01:20
On scene reporting it was a blown transformer, a squirrel touched the power lines together.
01:25
There's no fire on the house.

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W Franklin St, Morrisville, PA 19067
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