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Electrical cord caused sparking on tree near huey p long aveGretna LA

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Huey P Long Ave, Gretna, LA 70053

Fire units responded to a report of sparking from a gingerbread tree near Huey P. Long Avenue between 8th and 9th streets. Upon investigation, the sparking had stopped. The cause was identified as a wet electrical cord causing the sparks. No fire was found.

Audio|Heard on: David Crockett Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Grant a fire line the cracker one, cracker three, cracker six, cracker four.
00:03
Response and investigation at near Huey P. Long Avenue.
00:07
Cross streets are 8th to 9th, zone 2.
00:09
Bren to fire alarm to crackle on the cracker 1, cracker 3, cracker 6, cracker 4.
00:13
Response to an investigation at near Huey P. Long Avenue, cross streets are 8th and 9th.
00:18
Zone 2. Under Fireland, Cracket 1, Cracket 3, Cracket 6, Cracket 4, response and investigation at near Huey P. Long Avenue.
00:26
Cross streets are 8th and 9th.
00:28
Zone 2.
00:30
Complaint arose that one of the gingerbread trees was sparking.
00:33
It's no longer sparking.
00:34
Like,
00:35
you gotta go out and check it.
00:43
Cracket one en route.
00:45
Toppy Cracket one en route.
00:48
Cragull and follow them.
00:50
You don't have the streets blocked off still or not?
00:56
Can you repeat that, sir?
00:59
Is the street blocked, is the street still blocked off? Will you be on, follow?
01:06
I'll ask the officers on scene.
01:11
Sorry, thank you.
01:16
Shall and it looks like they are.
01:23
10.9.
01:25
It looks like it's still blocked.
01:33
No. No.
01:38
Crock at 8.
01:39
It wrote.
01:40
Crock at 8. The Crock at 6.
01:41
Go ahead. Stage at 45.
01:44
Copy cracket data route.
01:48
Copy, cracket 6, page, then 45.
01:53
Crock at floor, right?
01:57
Copy crack a floor route. Copy crack a floor route.
02:03
Crogate one, Cracket.
02:04
I'm coming up east or didn't we get wrong.
02:06
If I can get two up here.
02:10
Can you repeat, sir, you came in digital.
02:16
Crockin 1 in Crockett 8th, Crockin 1 in Crackett 8 coming up low in Hupie Lone.
02:22
Copy Crockett 8 coming up low in Huey P. Long.
02:29
Crockett 4 on scene.
02:33
Copy Cracket 4 on scene.
02:34
Crackle 1 in 4, I'm seeing.
02:40
Crackle 1-5 long.
02:43
Top the crackle one on scene.
02:45
The crossover and just take a left right here.
02:52
Crackle one, follow.
02:55
Crackle one.
02:57
Hold, Crockett 1 on scene.
02:58
We found an electrical cord was wet,
03:01
thorn sparks.
03:02
We actually had the power.

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Huey P Long Ave, Gretna, LA 70053

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