Fire involving power line near county road intersection, Cullman County AL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire involved a power line near a structure close to the intersection of County Road 700 and County Road 702. Blue flames were seen on the downed power line and it was near a transformer. Fire units coordinated the response to manage the situation.
Audio|Heard on: Cullman County Public Safety
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03:38
Transcript:
00:00
Angel 3B, I'm only coming from the 702 area, Angel 3, Andrew 1.
00:05
If you want to come from 700, I'll come from 702.
00:20
Ginger 3, Daniel 1.
00:21
I said, Dave, I was only coming from County Road 702.
00:25
I was going to see if you wanted to come from County Road 700 and have a truck on each side of it.
00:31
Right behind you.
00:35
Oh, Tim Boyle.
00:46
Cross Center 3, named you want to be on scene.
00:49
Tinds locate, power line.
00:55
10-4, showing both units on scene.
00:59
We've received another call from the parking lot next to the intersection of the church.
01:06
They said it was visible from there.
01:10
Ten, four, it's and three is on scene.
01:13
Don't have a power line, have heavy blue flames coming from the top.
01:21
Johnston's County Fire, there is nothing we can do with this plane and know the fire lines need to have the flow off here.
01:30
It's on top of the transformer.
01:36
10-4, we will make them aware, try to get any change for you.
01:41
Yes, instant three.
01:42
They've got one line open.
01:47
One line.
01:49
Two,
01:54
three, county fire.
01:57
Go ahead.
01:59
If you can tell the top, they need to step it up.
02:02
Power line is going to be within 50 to 75 foot of a structure and does have arcs coming down off the line itself.
02:15
10-4. I'm allowed with them now.
02:19
Just one.
02:24
I'm not some Scrawlton County Fire.
02:29
Go ahead.
02:31
Right now it's not burning and it's got no flames on it.
02:35
But if I live here for Polarog, I was here it might come down.
02:40
Just somebody's going down the road.
02:42
So when it comes 10-5, we've got isolated between two poles.
02:51
Can't find it.
02:52
John Struffin.
02:53
I only caught some of that.
02:54
Your volume's very low.
02:56
Check your radio for me.
03:00
Let me now.
03:03
A slightly better go ahead.
03:06
So if the fire is not, it's not flaming that at this time.
03:11
We've got to isolate between two poles.
03:13
We're not leaving through the towlock ditches.
03:15
If that line comes down,
03:17
it will damp all over the place,
03:19
catch another car or front note on fire.
03:26
And for it, be copy.
03:28
I made the operator aware for emergent response, and she advised that she called the crew and was waiting for a callback on the AHA.
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Cullman County, AL
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