Vehicle caught in power lines near business on Lake Blvd, Redding CA
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A vehicle became entangled in power lines near a business on Lake Boulevard, causing low hanging wires that may affect traffic. Emergency responders are waiting for the utility company workers, who are expected to arrive in about 45 minutes to address the situation.
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01:11
Transcript:
00:00
REU is unable to give us an ETA still.
00:07
82401. Do we need city streets?
00:13
I was trying to assess that right now.
00:15
We're not going to look at a vehicle out with a tow truck until RU comes out because it's wrapped up in a bunch of power lines and we got low hanging lines in front of the business.
00:25
Great.
00:29
The pole's far enough out of the roadway that we could probably make do without it.
00:33
But I'll let you know if we start getting a bunch of traffic up here.
00:41
Engine A, Chawtham?
00:44
Good.
00:48
Engine, just paid me to take the information.
00:50
Are you advising we have an ETA of 45 minutes for the worker to go to the yard, get his vehicle, and drive to Lake Boulevard?
00:58
That's the Trouble Shooter?
01:02
8-2-10-9[1].
01:04
702. REU finally got back to us? They have an ETA of up to 45 minutes.
01:09
They have to go to their yard and get a vehicle.
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Lake Blvd, Redding, CA
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