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Transformer failure causes fire at pole and tree, Philadelphia PA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/13/2025 05:45 AM

S 30th St & Wharton St, Philadelphia, PA 19146

According to the dispatch call, a transformer failure caused a fire on a utility pole and a nearby tree near S 30th St and Wharton St in Philadelphia. A neighbor extinguished the fire with an extinguisher. Power outages and electrical issues remain in the area.

Audio|Heard on: Philadelphia Police Dispatch - South

Listen to dispatch call

02:42

Transcript:

00:00

Multiple calls for a pole and fire near S 30th St and Wharton St.

00:06

Can we have units able to respond?

00:15

Command, where is the fire located?

00:19

The pole.

00:21

Okay.

00:22

I will call for a fire crew as well.

00:25

All right, we see you.

00:33

Good morning, command.

00:35

Yes.

00:43

Make sure you are out today.

00:47

Okay.

00:52

713.

00:55

1713.

00:56

There is a fire at contact with a blown transformer on a pole and a tree on fire.

01:09

We have a transformer in a pole and a tree on fire.

01:22

Thank you.

01:26

112.

01:28

12.

01:29

Please make this clear.

01:31

Time 6,0001-2002-2-1-9.

01:36

7-3-2021.

01:40

It looks like there is no active fire at this time.

01:47

River, we will have.

01:48

Okay.

01:58

That's 30th.

01:59

Wharton.

02:02

A neighbor put out the fire with a regular extinguisher.

02:10

That is great, but we will not clear the scene yet.

02:23

1713.

02:25

17.

02:26

Did you notify PECO to come out here?

02:32

Is there power lines on the street or anything though?

02:36

There was, yes.

02:37

I am not sure if all the neighbors got their power back yet, but the wires are definitely affected.

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S 30th St & Wharton St, Philadelphia, PA 19146

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