Power outage causes traffic congestion near Fort Hunt Rd, Belle Haven VA


Police and motor units are directing traffic near Fort Hunt Road and Belle Haven Road due to a power outage. The outage has disabled the traffic signals, causing heavy traffic congestion. The power company has been notified but has not provided an estimated time for power restoration.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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We're out of our cars, so can you just voice if you have an F-H?
00:03
10-4[1]-0-810.
00:05
And X-ray 810, how heavy is the traffic there?
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Thanks for you, TENS.
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That's for us.
00:10
It's pretty heavy. We're going to be out here directly in traffic for a while.
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10-4[1].
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Car-21 Bravo, I'm direct.
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This motor's available.
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We can check.
00:18
There's no ETA for the power company.
00:21
They're advising there is an outage in the area,
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and they are dispatching units now unknown ETA to the area.
00:28
All right.
00:29
0.811. Any motor unit on Channel 2? No.
00:35
No. No. No.
00:36
I don't get a case number.
00:37
Case number is one,0-0 Number is 10090.0-1-2.
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Motor 3.
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We are directing traffic at Fort Hunt Road and Belle Haven Road.
00:58
There appears to be a power outage in the area.
01:00
There's no power to the intersection and the power company does confirm there is an outage in the area.
01:07
I currently have two units directing through heavy traffic now.
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Motor 3. I'm correct.
01:12
How long have the lights been out and you said power company has been notified that they provide an ETA?
01:15
They did not yet.
01:16
They're dispatching units now but they don't have any ETA and the units,
01:22
we don't know how long the power has been out.
01:25
They got on scene at 0800.
01:27
Northgram. I'll get you some units down there.
01:30
1040813. Same for Fort Hunt and Bellevue Boulevard.
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Fort Hunt and Bellevue.
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Fort Hunt and Bellevue.
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24. 104. 104.
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Porter is going to be same directing heavy traffic at Fort Hunt and Bellevue.
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Message Received
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Location mentioned:
Fort Hunt Rd & Belle Haven Rd, Belle Haven, VA 22307
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