Utility pole snapped with downed wires near Stone Rd, Athens OH


A utility pole near Stone Road in Athens snapped in half, causing electric and phone wires to fall and creating potentially hazardous conditions.
Audio|Source: Athens County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Waterloo Fire Department, near Stone Road, Athens.
00:07
Moving for some sort of wire that's down, possibly Verizon.
00:11
There's also a pole snapped off.
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Viewer dispatch, 1628, Sergeant Found 1.
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Waterloo Fire Department, near Stone Road, Athens.
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Go to be for a pole that snapped off, only being held up by a guide wire, there's also a line down.
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Your disc back, 1628, fire ground one.
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Waterloo Fire Department, Waterloo Fire Department, this is your second alert.
00:37
Near Stone Road, Athens, electric wires down, possibly Verizon wire, pole snapped in half.
00:43
Your alert, 1632, fire ground 1.
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Waterloo Fire Department, Waterloo Fire Department.
00:47
Second Alert[1], near Stone Road, Athens.
00:51
Coming for a pole, snapped in half, a line down,
00:53
possibly Verizon.
00:54
Your alert, 1632, fire red one.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Second Alert: Second notification or escalation of response
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Location mentioned:
Near Stone Rd, Athens, OH 45701
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