Dead tree burns on power line in Barnstable, Barnstable MA


A dead tree was leaning on a primary power line and caught fire in Barnstable. Fire crews contacted the power company to handle the hazard. The burning branch was removed from the power line, and no active hazards remained. Several other dead trees were also found on power lines in the area.
Audio|Source: Orleans Fire
04:47
Transcript:
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On Mayflower, poll number 132 over 1.
00:03
Can you notify the power company? There is a dead tree leaning over on a primary still actively burning.
00:10
Dead Tree on the primary, was that poll number 113 over 1?
00:14
132 over 1.
00:15
I have that, thank you.
00:16
POMAYOR.
00:18
I don't know.
00:27
Engine 5 from Orleans fire.
00:29
Engine 5. Is the wire that's affected pull-to-pole or pull to house?
00:35
It's fold a bolt.
00:36
Received. On the phone with him now.
00:38
That branch gets burned off.
00:39
It's now off the primary.
00:40
Branch is burned off the primary.
00:42
We're going to be able to be.
00:44
It's going to be able to be.
00:57
It's a lot of it. I'm going to be.
01:05
I don't know.
01:14
It's a lot of the world.
01:16
I'm going to be.
01:39
Engine 5 from Orleans fire.
01:42
Engine 5. Engine 5.
01:46
Ever source notified, no ETA given.
01:49
Okay, receipt.
01:50
There's no hazard now, but they should check out this area.
01:52
There's a few other trees that come down on the primary.
01:54
Engine 5 is clear the call.
01:56
On for fuel. No active hazards at this time, but dead trees are still on some areas of the primary.
02:01
No hazards.
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Barnstable, MA
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