Workers strike water main causing flooding at intersection, Statesville NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to an area near West Front Street and South Race Street in Statesville, NC, where workers accidentally struck a water main or underground utility line. This caused water to leak and flood a trench. The intersection was blocked for safety, and the water department was called to assist with stopping the leak.
Audio|Heard on: Iredell NC Fire-Tac Group Calls
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02:18
Transcript:
00:00
Come,
00:01
West Front, Command.
00:05
West Front Street, go ahead.
00:08
Take on see if you can get CD out here to block the intersection of Westfront and Race.
00:16
Command 10-4.
00:22
Command, you want me to sit up here for a few minutes until they get here.
00:27
Yeah,
00:28
that'd be fine.
00:29
These calls may deter them from coming this way.
00:31
If they don't, we'll move you down here, but I think you're good up for right now.
00:36
Okay.
00:39
West Front Street for any calls?
00:42
Yes.
00:45
SCD's been made aware they'll get someone out there, ASAP.
00:49
Thank you.
00:54
Ten-four, I'm not sure if you copy my earlier traffic.
00:58
Ambridge, we'll call back with an ATA.
01:01
Okay, it dies in, we do have it actively.
01:06
Ten-four.
01:08
Battalion one four C.
01:11
Go ahead.
01:13
I think we found pretty close where it's leaking from, but the hole's filling up with water more than we can keep up and we can't see the pipes.
01:23
Simple.
01:24
I think it's,
01:25
they've hit a water main as well.
01:27
And then ain't rain that much to fill up a ditch.
01:31
Alright, that's a possibility.
01:34
Because there's,
01:36
we got like in the cracks in the road, look like there's mud seeping through the tracks too.
01:43
Well, they could be where they add water to doing their drilling.
01:46
That could be it.
01:49
Yeah,
01:51
we got a puddle like a, it's full of water getting full.
01:56
Well, find the water shut off right here if they're real, we're going to just shut it off there and see if that does anything.
02:02
Paying 14C, we're going to stop digging it.
02:04
We're just making a bigger mess.
02:06
Thank you. Also,
02:12
you might want to get steady water out here.
02:15
There's got to be a water line involved too.
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Location mentioned:
W Front St & S Race St, Statesville, NC 28677
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