Power line fire near Pope Bend causes school outages, Wyldwood TX
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Fire & ArsonA power line on fire near Pope Bend and Union Chapel roads caused intermittent power outages at a nearby school. The fire department has been notified. The fire has not spread to the surrounding grass or brush.
Audio|Heard on: Bastrop County Law Enforcement / Fire / EMS
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01:32
Transcript:
00:00
Um,
00:02
there is a power line that appears to be on fire,
00:08
uh, on Union, sorry, on Pope Bend.
00:10
It's a resident on Pope Bend.
00:15
So do you have a cross street or address?
00:19
Send by for Cross Street.
00:21
It should be Union Chapel and Pope Bend.
00:22
It should be right behind the, uh...
00:31
There's a lot of brush and trees on the property as well.
00:40
We'll turn up the fire department.
00:46
So at 3217, is there any disruption to the state?
00:52
It's right across the street from the school.
00:54
It hasn't hit the grass patch or anything yet.
00:57
I was just out patrol in the parking lot.
00:59
I'm going to make contact with the resident.
01:04
No, I mean you still have power at the school?
01:08
22 to 2.2 or 3.
01:10
Our power is going in and out right now, but it turned back on.
01:29
Have we passed the incident?
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Location mentioned:
S Pope Bend Rd & Union Chapel Rd, Wyldwood, TX 78612
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