Electrical wires sparking at Lowell intersection, Lowell MA
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Electrical wires were sparking and arcing at an intersection near Maple Place in Lowell, Massachusetts. Fire department and National Grid responded to the scene to address the issue. A fire alarm was reported and pole number seven was involved.
Audio|Heard on: Lowell Police Department
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02:57
Transcript:
00:00
Call is reporting the wires arcing at that intersection.
00:02
No.
00:03
No.
00:04
No.
00:09
Full current six.
00:13
6.
00:15
535, Westford Street.
00:18
You can check for our motor vehicle blocking a driveway there.
00:23
Copy arrow.
00:28
Don't see an investigation.
00:32
1111 investigation.
00:39
Levin a fire alarm?
00:43
Fire alarm, a second, gentlemen.
00:46
Can you have National Grid shut to the scene? We have a pole parking right now.
00:53
Fire alarm has that.
01:00
It's pole number seven.
01:05
Follow on, how's that pole 7?
01:14
Calling the father back.
01:17
I just got off the phone with him.
01:20
He said that it's near Leroy, but they use near Maple Place.
01:27
The address, I guess, is the same thing as what he's trying to tell me.
01:34
Can we figure out the name of the lady that went up to the hospital, or can you call up to the General and find out, please?
01:42
Probably.
01:47
Penal.
01:49
10.
01:51
I'll check out near Leroy.
01:56
Probably.
02:02
Four or five, Dragett Tower One is back off for us.
02:08
Okay, Tower One, you're back off in courts.
02:10
Just be advised you're coming over the police channel.
02:12
I don't know if they're using the UHF radio or not.
02:18
That's right.
02:22
Can you run this plate for me? Master Edge 6 Foxshot Charlie Zulu 88?
02:30
Probably.
02:32
Okay.
02:48
Fires on the scene over there for wires that were sparking over the pole.
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Location mentioned:
Maple Place, Lowell, MA 01851
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