Utility pole down and power lines blocking road near Roosevelt Ave, Ames IA

Road Closure

Reported: 11/12/2025 09:45 AM

Near Roosevelt Ave, Ames, IA 50010

Fire crews responded to a downed utility pole and power lines blocking Roosevelt Avenue near 11th block. The pole was likely knocked over by a work crew. No sparks, fire, or electrical hazard was seen.

Audio|Source: City of Ames Fire and EMS

02:52

Transcript:

00:00

Lines down, engine 1, 1100 block, Roosevelt Avenue, cross off 10th Street and 12th Street, F-T-A-C-2.

00:12

Lines down, 110 block, Roosevelt Avenue, F-P-A-C-2.

00:25

Okay, in addition one.

00:27

Go ahead.

00:33

Page of wanting around.

00:35

Let me have your block.

00:36

Roseville.

00:42

Happy.

00:43

We had a passing motorist call this in.

00:46

He said there's a crew working in that area.

00:47

It looks like they knocked over a power pole.

00:50

There were some lines down.

00:51

He said in the roadway.

00:53

He didn't see any sparks or anything.

00:55

We haven't received any calls from the people working there.

00:59

I'm sure what kind of lines it is.

01:03

Thank you, one, copies.

01:10

Just mentioned number one.

01:13

Do you like?

01:19

No one completely available.

01:21

The alarm had been reset prior to our arrival.

01:24

Okay.

01:31

Hey, I'm stranger once on seeing what you want to see you want to rescue.

01:35

County 725.

01:42

Paying, Terminion 1.

01:45

Paying in one.

01:48

Hey, man. Everyone on scene here, we have a utility pulled down.

01:55

We've not seen any act of lines as of yet.

01:58

Can we some line crew out here, please?

02:02

Have me.

02:07

Ginger One line department will send someone.

02:12

Copy.

02:14

The Angel Linden One.

02:22

Go ahead.

02:24

The actual incident address will be near Roosevelt Avenue.

02:33

Copy.

02:40

Anything like you wonder, if you could have the line crew head in from the north side of 12th and Roosevelt, that would be your best access point.

02:51

Copy.

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