Vehicle hits solar pole causing damaged lithium batteries, Newberry SC
Fire & ArsonA vehicle struck a solar-powered pole near Wilson Rd in a plaza parking lot, causing large lithium batteries to be broken open. Initially, the batteries were hissing but have now stabilized. Fire department was called to check for hazards.
Audio|Source: Newberry County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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306 Can you contact city utilities and see if these light holes in the plaza parking lot or city or not? 10-4
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Also control, can you call Fire Department see if they can come over here? A negative code response that's ready to run.
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Got some of the large solar lithium batteries that are busted, they'll probably need to have them take possession of in a particular fire having.
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Does that poll have a poll number?
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Negative control, it's a, just an aluminum post with these solar lamps on it. They're all throughout the park lot. I'm not sure if they belong to the plaza or the city.
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Stand for.
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Vision 20, 21.
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Stand by for a call.
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Station 2021, please respond.
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near Wilson Rd, near Wilson Rd.
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Requested by 306, 306 days y'all can come. Code 1.
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They have lithium batteries on scene.
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Need to be checked out.
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Control of me to be 31.
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Good.
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Are the batteries off-gassing or on fire or what's the situation? The standby.
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306, are the batteries doing anything right now?
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Joe, under one is your phone.
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Ten more.
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Control, currently no, but when a vehicle hit one a minute ago, it was hissing, but they are not currently doing anything, but they have been busted wide open.
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Location mentioned:
Near Wilson Rd, Newberry, SC 29108
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