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Power pole fire near Hames Road and Freedom Blvd, Aptos CA

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/24/2025 04:18 AM

Freedom Blvd & Hames Rd, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, CA 95003

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible transformer or pole fire near Hames Road and Freedom Boulevard in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley. The situation may have involved wires down, and firefighters held their position until the electrical switch could be turned off.

Audio|Heard on: CalFire CZU - Dispatch, Command, Air Attack, Air to Ground

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02:8

Transcript:

00:00

Uh, pole fire,

00:03

Hames Road. Uh huh.

00:20

Battalion 1712 notification, engine 4111, company 41.

00:24

Possible transformer on fire.

00:28

Hames Road and Freedom Boulevard, south of Hames Road.

00:32

424.

00:39

Yeah, crew one, I see it.

00:45

You guys all heard it as well?

00:50

Okay, uh, 3515.

00:53

Load up for us.

00:55

3515.

00:56

3515, they're out to 4400.

01:00

I'll go for a wire down.

01:03

And then 3515 at 426 for wires down.

01:20

Hey, go ahead.

01:28

Bell Engine 4111 responding.

01:32

Engine 4111 at 427 for possible transformer on fire.

01:40

Uh, off ramp south of Pinkerton.

01:43

411.

01:50

Probably going to hold on until we get the switch turned around.

01:58

Yeah,

02:03

so once you get the light going off,

02:06

check that for a mile block.

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Location mentioned:

Freedom Blvd & Hames Rd, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, CA 95003

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