Power surge investigated near park street in weiser, Weiser ID
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Fire & ArsonA power surge occurred near Park Street and 17th in Weiser causing a brief outage. Idaho Power is inspecting batteries and transformers for damage.
Audio|Heard on: Weiser Police and Fire, Washington County EMS
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00:51
Transcript:
00:00
Did you just see that massive power surge?
00:03
Up around 17th, west side down?
00:07
I copy it shut out the Park Street light as well.
00:11
It's back functioning now.
00:16
I copy everything's back up and running over here as well.
00:24
I think the dispatch center may have to restart.
00:27
That's why they're not answering.
00:32
Copy. Let me know if you need me to come over there for anything.
00:37
If you could head over to where those batteries are from Idaho Power on County Road 70, let's see if you see any smoke or anything like that.
00:46
I'll check transformers on this side.
00:50
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Park St, Weiser, ID 83672
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