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Tree falls on power lines causing fire near Bessie Morton Rd, Oxford NC

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Near Bessie Morton Rd, Oxford, NC 27565

A tree fell onto power lines near Bessie Morton Road, causing wires to fall and flames and smoke to appear. The fire is currently or may soon threaten the surrounding treeline.

Audio|Source: Oxford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Question 7, Cornwall, Fire Department, needs respond.
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Near Bessie Morton Road,
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Near Bessie Morgan Road.
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You're going to start electrical hazard, your cross streets, or Mountain Creek Road to a date-in. Your dispatch is 1517, Tack 1, Tack 1.
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Oh, there's a 70BR out.
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He did a 70 round at 1518.
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Essentially you have been right to respondent to a tree that's hit a collar line.
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Wires laying across a guideline.
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Collarvise that he did see flames and smoke.
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It is threatening,
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or he thinks it will threaten the tree line.

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Near Bessie Morton Rd, Oxford, NC 27565
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