Tree down and power line blocking highway 103, Clear Creek County CO
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Road ClosureA tree fell near mile marker 3 on Highway 103 in Colorado causing a downed power line to hang low and block the road. Law enforcement and fire units confirmed the power line is on the road. No additional hazards were reported at this time.
Audio|Heard on: Clear Creek County Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS and Mountain Rescue - Digital
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02:35
Transcript:
00:00
Mile marker 3,
00:02
on 103,
00:04
looks like a tree fell and knocked the power line down.
00:07
It's hanging pretty low over the road.
00:14
117 when we've walked in the road so you can get somebody on here.
00:20
Probably there's another one that just got put up over my marker (number withheld) eastbound as well so I don't know was an ET will be but I'll advise you when I get that.
00:30
Copy. Copy.
00:35
This fire. Stand by for tones on another electrical hazard.
00:49
East Fire funded electrical hazard, mile marker 3 on Highway 103, repeating east fire on an electrical hazard, mile marker 3 on Highway 103, aired at 12306.
00:59
Okay.
01:06
Go ahead.
01:10
I put some notes in for the criminalists.
01:13
You can go ahead and clear for that call.
01:16
Copy and fires are asking if there's any hazards or any arcing?
01:24
Not this time,
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unknown it's a warrior's life.
01:28
Copy.
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Engine 21 route.
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This is an electrical hazard.
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Mile marker 3, Highway 103.
01:39
Clear Creek law enforcement is stating unknown if the wires live, but a power line is down and a tree has fallen blocking the road.
01:48
There are no additional hazards reported at this time.
01:54
Engine 21, thank you.
01:59
1238.
02:03
Sorry, it was unclear.
02:05
The tree is down next to the road.
02:08
There's a wire that is on the road.
02:17
The engine 21, one additional update from law enforcement, they confirmed that the tree is down next to the road and it is the power line wire that is on the road.
02:31
I did 21 copies.
02:34
Thank you, Paul 38.
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CO-103, Colorado
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