Small grass fire near power pole causes local outage, Harrisonville MO
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Fire & ArsonA small grass fire at the base of a power pole near a substation behind Starbucks caused a local power outage and traffic light failures along highway 291 and Commercial street in Harrisonville.
Audio|Heard on: Cass County Fire and EMS Departments - Central
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03:2
Transcript:
00:00
Fire at a substation behind Starbucks.
00:15
Fire call for a fire at the fire at the...
00:20
Substation, it's going to be located behind Starbucks.
00:22
I've only received one call on it, but they're saying that flames are showing this call is coming from employees of Starbucks.
00:28
(number withheld).
00:36
Copy call.
00:38
Assigned bumper 20,
00:40
medic 20, medic 24.
00:42
Correction, that's going to be Medic 22.
00:54
Hey, it's from the leaving show signed Units and Ralph.
00:59
Dean, it's rock to the substation behind Starbucks at (number withheld).
01:07
Here's multiple number 20.
01:13
Go ahead.
01:16
I've just pulled up the cameras.
01:18
It looks like there's smoke in the grass.
01:20
It's going to be next to the entrance to the electric department off of Royal.
01:28
Got it.
01:30
And I do not see it affecting the actual substation at this time.
01:38
There's no fire standby for her.
01:40
I'm looking at her Broadway.
01:53
Plyne respond (number withheld), Broadway.
01:56
Again, (number withheld), Broadway for an 80-year-old male who's fallen.
01:59
He's having left hip pain.
02:00
He's not weight-bearing on it.
02:06
Closeable fire, do copy tones?
02:13
Harrisonville, Pumper 20.
02:15
Pumper 20, go ahead.
02:18
Pumper 20, go ahead.
02:21
You can show 20 on scene.
02:24
We've got a small grass fire out here at the base of one of the power poles.
02:30
We'll be out on extinguishment.
02:31
20 will be command.
02:33
Copy on scene, not on command.
02:37
And further information to want to pass on to the street department, it looked like the traffic lights at Plaza Drive and commercial as well as 291 and commercial are not operational this time.
02:56
Copy there's a large power outage affecting all of 291 right now.
03:00
I'll get PD in route for traffic control.
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Location mentioned:
Rte 291, Harrisonville, MO 64701
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