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Electrical fire and sparking wires near Willow Grove homesWillow Grove PA

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Whitehall Dr, Willow Grove, PA 19090

An electrical fire was reported outside near Whitehall Drive in Willow Grove. Sparks were seen from wires near trees behind a garage. A nearby transformer may have failed.

Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County Fire and EMS - East
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00:27
Transcript:
00:00
Electrical fire outside.
00:01
Near Whitehall Drive.
00:03
Box, 35, 46.
00:04
35, electrical fire outside, 34, 35.
00:09
Quint 35, we're spying with three.
00:13
Quint 35, okay.
00:14
Wires in the backyard, they’re sparking, looking near trees behind the garage.
00:18
They said it just stopped.
00:21
Quint 35, we’re getting a second call of reporting Whitehall Drive and Hideway Drive.
00:26
It’s a possible transformer that blew.

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Location mentioned:
Whitehall Dr, Willow Grove, PA 19090

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Incident Timeline

  1. Power Outage in Area
  2. Second Call and Transformer Explosion
  3. Sparking Wires Observed
  4. Initial Report of Electrical Fire

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