Tree falls, burns wires and causes lawn fire near North St, Newport NY
Fire & ArsonA tree fell and broke a telephone pole near North Street and East Street in Newport. Several electrical wires caught fire, which started a lawn fire and blocked the road. Firefighters and emergency services responded. The electric company was notified about the dangerous electrical wires arcing in the area.
Audio|Source: Herkimer County Law, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Can you assist the fire department with potential traffic control? Start towards East Street and North Street in the village of Newport.
00:06
We have a tree down, took down the telephone pole with multiple wires burning.
00:18
Rishi Bureau.
00:21
4.30.
00:28
County Newport Car 4.4.
00:33
Carmore.
00:36
Another call stating another lawn on fire had nothing out of your station or any other acknowledgement. Would you like second tones?
00:46
Affirmary. Give me a second set.
00:49
Newport. Second tones, Manpower.
01:01
I'm sorry.
01:06
Newport manpower needed for pull wires tree down near North Street and East Street with a lawn on fire, repeating to Newport,
01:20
tree down, with a pole down the wires burning with a lawn on fire,
01:26
in front of near North Street in the village, 431.
01:35
Guy in the fork, car four. I'm on scene.
01:38
We've got National Grid, advised, right?
01:41
That's affirmative they've been advised.
01:47
Copy. Let's see if you can call them back and advise that we have very high arcing.
01:52
Let's see if they can expedite.
01:56
Receive, 431.
02:05
County, Newport, Car 1 in row.
02:09
Chief, you're in row, 432.
02:18
Urgamer County, Newport Station, acknowledges.
02:22
Newport Station, 432.
02:25
All right, car two on the same.
02:30
Car two on same, 432.
02:34
County 224 on scene with Newport.
02:38
224, you're on scene, 434.
02:47
Johnny, Newport, engine 100 en route.
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Newport, 100, you're at REL, 435.
03:01
County, Newport, Cartoo.
03:05
Car two.
03:07
We have state police en route for first assistance.
03:13
Are you going to need them?
03:18
Negative.
03:19
I receive 435.
03:25
Central 1D28.
03:27
28. 28,
03:30
the fire department states they do not need your assistance.
03:34
However, that road will be blocked and passable.
03:44
Three years.
03:45
They probably don't have an E.K on that, do that?
03:50
Yeah,
03:51
it's negative.
03:54
Copy.
04:01
County Newport engine, engine 100 on scene.
04:06
100, you're on scene 437.
04:14
They're blocked off up there in Indie.
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Near North St, Newport, NY 13416
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