Downed high tension wire found near common road, Westminster MA
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Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to reports of smoke near North Common Road in Westminster. They discovered a downed high-tension wire between two poles, with no poles damaged. The power is out in the area, and National Grid was contacted to restore electricity.
Audio|Heard on: Ashburnham Area Fire Departments
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01:54
Transcript:
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At George, Switzer Pire, Spiney at near North Common Road, homeowner states there's something smoking indoor on fire on the side of the road in front of us.
00:08
Again,
00:09
at near North Common Road or something smoking on fire on the side of the road, 12 feet.
00:21
Bring on a mission one just on.
00:24
Engine 1, you're en route.
00:27
Just be advised,
00:28
reporting no power in the area now.
00:30
Section 1.
00:32
Fileile permission. All right, John.
00:37
We're off in the area.
00:40
The section of the road is going to be impossible for a little bit.
00:42
We'll get after we're going to be online.
00:44
And we'll be investigating to get up a second.
00:49
We're in the area, section of a road is going to be impossible.
00:51
We'll be investigating 1306.
00:59
Engine 1 wants to come on up.
01:06
Engine 1 wants to come on up.
01:16
Yeah,
01:17
we haven't snapped, high-tension wire,
01:19
voltage.
01:21
It's going to be between two poles.
01:22
The poles are intact.
01:25
There's no pole hazard, however, we need to get National Grid out here to restore this.
01:27
It's going to be small drainage at this time.
01:29
We'll be standing by.
01:31
We have an ETA on National Grid yet.
01:34
I call the grid they're going to call back with an ETA.
01:37
Is it just the primary going from pole to pole or an actual, like, high-tension wire on the front area?
01:47
It's a high-eye situation wire yourself came down.
01:51
Copy. I'll call them back and update.
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N Common Rd, Westminster, MA 01473
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