Fiber optic cable down near Barnes Road and Honeywell, Newton MA
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Road ClosureA fiber optic cable fell down near Barnes Road and Honeywell Avenue. Crews are coordinating to move the cable and identify the pole numbers involved.
Audio|Heard on: Newton Police and Fire
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01:14
Transcript:
00:00
The pole number 8 at Barnes Road, Barnes and Honeywell.
00:11
Fiber optic cable looks like it just fell.
00:16
Possibly Verizon.
00:18
We're going to move it out of the way.
00:20
I'm about out of contact then.
00:25
See if that's going to be whole number eight.
00:28
It appears to be a fiber optic cable,
00:30
possibly Verizon.
00:31
You can just get out of the way.
00:33
1918.
00:41
Before.
00:48
Engine one, the fire alarm.
00:50
Engine one.
00:57
...on the fire alarm.
01:00
...onion one. Roger, sir,
01:02
thank you.
01:03
We're going to be here a little bit longer.
01:07
Do the fire call in the pole numbers for these wires? Because they're also low wires going to a house number.
01:13
I guess going to get the number.
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Location mentioned:
Barnes Rd & Hunnewell Ave, Newton, MA 02458
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