Crane strikes power lines causing wires down and accident, Santa Clara CA
TrafficA crane struck high voltage power lines near Pruneridge Ave in Santa Clara, causing wires to fall down. This resulted in a power outage and a single-vehicle accident at the intersection. Emergency units are evacuating the area and coordinating with the power company. No fire or injuries have been confirmed so far.
Audio|Source: Santa Clara City Fire 2
07:25
Transcript:
00:00
Wires down endangering.
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L.L.
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minus 121. Cross streets are Grandin Avenue and Los Padres Boulevard.
00:08
Respond on fire remain.
00:10
Math page M29A.
00:18
All Santa Clara units, this is going to be the wrong address. Cat verified the wrong address. This is going to be off Cook Court and Pruneridge.
00:26
Cook Court and Pruneridge to stand by, I'm going to update this location.
00:47
10-4[1].
00:53
All you are responding to Cook Court and Pruneridge, you were showing that as sound as a day.
00:57
However, the caller was calling from Winchester and Pruner, she just gave us Cook Court as a target.
01:04
So I believe this is going to be in Santa Clara's jurisdiction.
01:12
Engine 94, you copying my traffic.
01:19
Santa Clara is 94.
01:22
I cannot figure out where the call is. Can you give us a rundown again?
01:29
Abram, it's just north of Jill Avenue.
01:33
It's north of Pruneridge. It's basically north-east corner of Pruneridge in Crestview.
01:40
It's the newest development right there in that corridor.
01:50
What I'm putting in Canada, it's showing San Jose, however on my map it shows San Jose.
01:57
I'm sorry, shows Santa Clara.
02:00
Basically, Pruneridge and Jill Avenue is going to be where this location is.
02:07
Santa Clara, Medic 91 is on scene at Winchester and Pruneridge.
02:12
There's a single vehicle accident in the intersection with the lights out at the intersection.
02:21
We don't see any wires down and keep all units coming.
02:32
I copy. Our thing was different than the AMSA. We had a crane that struck some wires.
02:45
We canceled the... Copy.
02:49
And we canceled the EMS80, some of the APD and fire. We're going to handle that.
03:04
Engine 93, medical note triage, (number withheld) Market Street.
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Cross street, Sir Isabella Street, and North Winchester Boulevard.
03:14
Respond on fire in Maine, map page L29A.
03:31
The call at Winchester and Pruneridge, leaving in Santa Clara, that's right on the border. Medic 91 is on the scene.
03:42
Dr. 991 is on the scene.
03:45
How far?
03:49
991, do you have me sure you are on a call?
03:56
Battalion 91, Engine 94.
03:59
Have you seen anything inside there?
04:04
I'm going to the back where the crane is.
04:06
Looks to be a little bit of commotion.
04:13
Engine 91, Engine 94, it lets us switch to Command 92.
04:24
Copy switching to Command 92.
04:28
Engine 94, Battalion 91 with Command 92.
04:36
Go ahead.
04:42
So basically this is wires down where that driveway terminates just before the Cedar Tree shopping center entrance.
04:54
There were three of those high voltage wires above, now there's two, so there's a line down along that basically looks like exactly in line with that wood fence that separates the development property and the Cedar Tree shopping center.
05:09
I'm trying to evacuate the immediate vicinity.
05:12
Go ahead for Engine 91. I'm going to reopen this AMSA and put you on it, so just record the wires down.
05:18
Give it, put you back on it comes up.
05:21
I just need this. What's going on the back side closer to the other side of the street on the back side of the city of the street property which I'm going to do 9-4 copy traffic accident with injury.
05:49
Traffic fire Engine 93.
05:57
Traffic fire engine 93. Traffic fire engine, I agree.
06:02
Call construction personnel on site.
06:12
Declare fire engine 93.
06:20
High third Ciro traffic.
06:24
Yeah, I know you're busy. Just be advised from that crane hitting the wire.
06:29
You've got multiple major intersections out on the side of town.
06:35
You could just notify Silicon Valley power.
06:37
10-4[1], thanks.
06:42
Engine 94, the time, 91.
06:48
Go ahead.
06:51
Yeah,
06:53
so the last two-story building that's under construction,
06:57
right up against the fence on Cedar Tree, I'm sorry, right against the Cedar Tree property,
07:02
has these little scaffoldings hanging off of it.
07:06
For them to do work above, and the wires are laid directly across there.
07:10
There's a Silicon Valley power representative on site, and they're aware of the outage at this time. Just not sure about the backside of the property yet, but they're already spoken with the construction foreman.
07:23
This should just be standby if they need anything else.
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10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near Pruneridge Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050
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