Telephone pole fire and transformer explosion near Weaver Avenue, Canonsburg PA
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Fire & ArsonA telephone pole caught fire and the transformer exploded near Weaver Avenue in Canonsburg. Power remains on in the area. The fire department has called the power company and a small fire remains on top of the pole.
Audio|Heard on: Washington County Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:28
Transcript:
00:00
Near 630 Weaver Avenue colors if there's a high line burned off, wires, power is still on in the area.
00:13
10th. 104, 31 and 32, if you have a Uva, I'll get the Lundberg with him.
00:25
6.932,
00:27
I'll do Weaver.
00:49
Station 64 F609, 3402 Washington Road.
00:54
The motor of natural gas at this time of building.
00:56
Thank you, sir.
01:02
Fire sent me over to Fisance 2nd, Washington, Road, for any order of natural gas inside the building.
01:09
Thank you. Evacuation, please.
01:25
6,000-clear out of that phone.
01:30
You see.
01:36
6930 to go.
01:42
169.30, go.
01:45
I'll be out on one flight.
01:48
104.
01:54
17835. Thank you.
01:56
Thank you. Thank you.
01:59
Thank you.
02:25
Control to 6930.30.
02:29
6930.
02:31
We just got another call for Weaver.
02:34
It's going to be 631 Weaver Avenue.
02:38
The telephone pole is now on fire.
02:40
The transformer blew.
02:43
No power. It's going to be directly across the house.
02:50
104.30C, copy down.
02:56
6.32, a copy.
03:02
I guess it recently just came on the mid-bonds link,
03:07
and there's a lot of traffic building up.
03:12
Can I follow advice 1325?
03:15
Thank you.
03:18
Can you? Ken from?
03:39
(number withheld) at 1-20-Rove Street, Clareton, (number withheld) turn to not alert, not breathe in contact with 1326.
04:01
16-1-7-6.
04:05
T-1071327.
04:10
Raise the hall.
04:13
Braceabell up, 13207.
04:20
1932 to control, if you've done already, we've called the power company, believe the plus that power.
04:26
On top of the pole is still on fire, small fire.
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Location mentioned:
Weaver Ave, Canonsburg, PA 15317
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