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Tree on fire near Hamlin street involving power lines, New Bedford MA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/6/2025 06:15 AM

Hamlin St, New Bedford, MA 02745

A tree near Hamlin Street caught fire involving primary electrical wires. The fire department responded and notified the power company to handle the situation safely. Police arrived to assist with road blocking during the incident.

Audio|Heard on: Lexington Fire and EMS Dispatch

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02:20

Transcript:

00:00

Fourteen,

00:01

Hamblin Street.

00:04

Call for a tree on fire.

00:06

For engine one,

00:08

(number withheld).

00:10

Hamblin Street.

00:12

Call for a tree on fire.

00:19

Engine 1 to file them.

00:24

Engine 1.

00:27

We're on 14 Hamblin Street.

00:31

All right, Engine 1, you're responding 14, Hamblin Street.

00:34

Resident there called 911, so there was a tree on fire.

00:39

Cross the street.

00:40

A little language barrier and clear if there's wires involved or not.

00:45

We have it.

00:46

Thank you.

00:48

Major one.

00:53

Major one.

00:55

We're out of that, the Ateeating.

00:59

One, you're out soon.

01:01

That's here.

01:02

920.

01:09

We're going to file them.

01:13

We got primaries burning across from number seven.

01:21

I'll try to get you a pull number.

01:23

We're going to need an officer down the other end to block the road, please.

01:28

Yeah, the police are on their way, the primary across number 7.

01:35

Engine 1, can you take the road right there by 19, or 18? Or 18?

01:45

And you want to file.

01:47

Any one.

01:52

So the power company,

01:54

hold 26 over 1.

01:59

26 over 1, okay.

02:08

Well, I'm Engine 100.

02:10

Engine 1.

02:12

The other source is notified.

02:16

This is to be how dairy is up.

02:19

Thank you, sir.

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Hamlin St, New Bedford, MA 02745

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