Electrical box fire caused by vehicle behind Dollar General, Merrimack NH
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Fire & ArsonA vehicle struck an electrical box behind the Dollar General store near Daniel Webster Highway, causing a fire and power outage to nearby units. Firefighters are responding and managing the electrical hazards.
Audio|Heard on: Merrimack Fire
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04:41
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 1 responds to the rear of near Daniel Webster Highway behind Dollar General for an electrical fire.
00:07
Engine 1 respond to near Daniel Webster Highway to the rear of the building, Dollar General, for an electrical fire.
00:15
It's an electrical box on fire.
00:17
Tell the tone, 1755.
00:25
Engine, what's responding?
00:27
We need to see the any list.
00:33
Engine, whenever you're responding, 752, you go with your last transmission.
00:43
We're responding?
00:47
Perceives anyone, you're responding, you're responding to responding.
00:56
Fire alarm is a plug.
01:01
Fire alarm answering.
01:06
This is struck by a trailer.
01:09
Is that accurate?
01:12
Affirmative.
01:13
We're gathering more information as we state.
01:15
Thank you.
01:20
Thank you.
01:25
Hi, my engine one.
01:30
Go ahead.
01:34
Sounds like it was a worker trying to do a U-turn and he struck the electric box with his vehicle.
01:44
Can you give me a full response?
01:47
There's smoking in the area and all the lights are off on all of the units here at near Daniel Webster Highway.
01:53
You can show us unseen.
01:54
Engine one, that's command.
01:56
Engine one, you're unseen with command.
01:59
All the lights off.
02:00
We'll be doing our full box at 1759.
02:03
Our alarm, something else.
02:07
Asher, come on.
02:10
You can also contact other source, please.
02:15
Contact episodes, please. Contact episodes, 1800.
02:27
Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1, Ambulance 1, to near Daniel Webster Highway, to be the rear of the building, Dollar General, for an electrical fire.
02:35
Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1, Ambulance 1,
02:38
to near Daniel Webster Highway, behind Dollar General for electric box fire.
02:43
Telephones, 8,300.
02:45
It goes away.
02:55
And so you're responding 800.
03:01
I'm following 1 at near Daniel Webster.
03:07
Ambulance 1, you're responding 1801.
03:13
Hey, one for a form from command.
03:20
I'm answering.
03:21
I'm answered.
03:24
On your arrival, can you go to the units up at the front of near Daniel Webster? Just let them know,
03:30
there's probably not going to be electricity here for a few hours.
03:36
Message received,
03:37
the following ones off.
03:41
Ambulance, what have you on scene, 1802?
03:47
Fire alarm to companies, just advising multiple hydrant stops in the area.
03:56
Go on.
04:03
All right, anyone call on command?
04:07
Go ahead.
04:09
Will, you want you to just pull the alarm we could dump this whole block?
04:15
I don't know if you're going to be able to, but you can go ahead and give it a shot.
04:19
We're going to try to start methodically shutting breakers off from each of the unit.
04:26
It looks like most of the occupants are outside right now, but we'll double check.
04:33
Awesome, thank you.
04:40
Engine too, from commandant.
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Location mentioned:
Daniel Webster Hwy, Merrimack, NH 03054
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