Wire sparking causes power outage and traffic signal failure, Allentown PA
Fire & ArsonA wire sparking incident near South 4th Street caused a power outage in the block. A utility crew from PPL is responding to fix the issue. The power failure resulted in a traffic signal outage at the Front and Susquehanna intersection, causing it to become uncontrolled and may create traffic problems until addressed.
Audio|Source: Lehigh County Fire and Northampton County Fire Tac-5
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Transcript:
00:00
Just let PPL know that looks like the fuse did blow.
00:06
We don't have power in the block and the power consulate the...
00:14
104-214. Signals, our friends, Santa Ana,
00:17
are on as well.
00:23
That's right, near South 4th Street in the area for wire sparking.
00:33
They're going to be on. They're going to be on TAC 1. Are you responding?
00:48
Pernative crew of four.
00:52
Copy that.
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County Deputy 24.
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Deputy 24.
00:57
Can you mark PPL on location?
01:01
10-4[1], and it's your 20-minute part check.
01:04
You can discontinue that. We're going to be out here, so on.
01:14
10-4[1]. See.
01:17
Any chance you got initiated from PPL?
01:21
PPL there's no ETA, they're short staff, then you have more staff coming in around 11 o'clock.
01:28
Okay, so we do have a traffic signal out at Front and Susquehanna.
01:33
I don't know who's called it is to get fire police rolling, but we're going to have a problem there if it's not controlled. The intersection is not controlled.
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1414, 4th and Susquehanna.
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Front and Susquehanna.
01:49
Let's just go ahead.
01:55
This is an area, we're looking.
01:58
Yeah.
02:05
Did they say was this in the parking lot of Price Rite or somewhere else?
02:16
Specified was in the parking lot of dish that it was in the air. She saw it from her house.
02:25
What?
02:28
11, copy.
02:34
Say that county to Apple come in.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation—message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near S 4th St, Allentown, PA 18103
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