Telephone pole and power line fire blocks traffic in Newton, Newton MA
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Fire & ArsonA telephone pole and power line caught fire near Linwood Avenue and Watertown Street in Newton. Fire crews arrived on scene and blocked the area. Eversource is responding to handle the power lines. Traffic is being redirected to nearby streets.
Audio|Heard on: Newton Police and Fire
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03:53
Transcript:
00:00
Telephone pole caught on fire.
00:02
Again, that's engine for response to Linwood Avenue at Watertown Street for a telephone pole on fire.
00:08
There's a box, 29, Watertown Street, and Eaton Borough Street, 1547.
00:20
Receive, medic, four on scene 1547.
00:27
Boyles and C, command, calling, Sinal.
00:30
Pearl, I'm at Chambardown Street, Command.
00:32
Now,
00:35
what is I shut down?
00:37
It's a law zone cut out.
00:41
I believe a private management company here notified the final sprinkling company, but you go ahead and follow up and give them a call.
00:50
Just make notes, the sprinkler bell won't shut down, that's just going and we'll see can't be shut down.
00:56
Go to 731, you can terminate command company's recorders.
01:02
Receive to answer May COVID-731, water has been shut down, the alarm zone's been cut out, sprinkler company is being notified by the worker on scene.
01:12
We'll go ahead and notify the alarm company, 1548.
01:20
Question 4, your response to Linwood Ave, Watertown Street,
01:25
for a telephone pole on fire.
01:27
There's Fox 29, Marantown Street, and Edenborough Street, 1549.
01:46
We have a telephone wire smoldering.
01:53
We'll update you shortly.
01:58
Receive, you're off your Vauxhallartown Command showing a telephone wire smoldering 1551.
02:09
Fire alarm, it's on full 450 over 44.
02:15
received it's from pool 450 over 44 1551
02:22
Control.
02:27
I'm off at the fire.
02:31
Run.
02:40
Answering.
02:42
You go to the fire.
02:46
Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.
02:55
Fire alarm mention watertown command.
03:00
Just an update, it's a secondary line still on fire.
03:06
Do you have an ATA for ever source?
03:13
They're responding as soon as possible.
03:18
We're going to stand by and stock off the area.
03:23
Received. Secondary line still on fire, standing by, forever, source.
03:27
You cautionating off the area, 5054.
03:42
If fire hasn't told you yet, we're diverting traffic down Rosemary Street from Walmus and Upsman would have from Watertown.
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Location mentioned:
Linwood Ave & Watertown St, Newton, MA 02460
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