Transformer blast cuts power to Spencer neighborhood, Spencer NC
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Fire & ArsonA transformer explosion near a Spencer neighborhood caused utility lines to fall, prompting a power outage across the entire block.
Audio|Heard on: Rowan County Fire and EMS, Salisbury Fire
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Transcript:
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Postage 75 utility line down
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155 Lee Street near Long Ferry Road and Spencer town limits.
00:12
The caller stated the whole block is out of power, heard something go boom.
00:18
Looks like the transformer or something that happened to yet.
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Uly's Ops 12, 12, 1-2, 850.
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James, thank you, one.
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Finish, sir, visual.
00:34
UO.O. The top 40, that's a second call, then.
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Copy.
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So, this page 75,
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utility lines down.
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1.55 Lee Street.
00:55
Cross streets, fog, ferry roads, its return limits.
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Collard buys Canada,
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explosion, the whole block is out of power.
01:05
This forward doesn't look like it should.
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Location mentioned:
Lee St, Spencer, NC 28159
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