Tree falls on wires causing fire near Edwards Dr, Brookfield CT
Fire & ArsonA tree has fallen onto power lines near the intersection of Grace Bridge Road and Edwards Drive in Brookfield, causing the wires to smoke and flames to appear. Fire and public safety units responded to the hazard. Eversource was notified to address the situation. Discussions took place about potentially needing barricades and possibly closing Edwards Drive due to the danger. Debris was also reported near Oak Road by Silvermine, and public works was notified.
Audio|Source: Brookfield Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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The area of Grace Bridge Road and Edwards Drive reported tree on wires, wires smoking.
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Repeating, fire requested, Grace Bridge Road and Edwards Drive,
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Tree on wires,
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smoke. Time now, it's open.
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Brookfield Safety, responding.
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Roger Safety, just an update. There are flames.
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Copy, I'll be about 30 seconds.
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Ken O'd one responding.
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Roger, one.
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Safety, unseen. Roger, safety, unseen.
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Roger, safety.
00:53
The Brookfield is gone to 6th floor. I went to the firehouse. I have a truck out in about two minutes.
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Roger, driver.
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Ken, with three, is responding?
01:11
Roger, three.
01:17
Safety of Brookfield, you got a tree on the wire heading up Edwards, not just packing wires on the Grace Bridge, just a one wire heading up to Edwards.
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We'll get the whole number to that.
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Roger.
01:32
Thank you to Brookfield. The pole, we can't get a pole number from the actual pole. The next pole all over is Eversource, pole 3.5.
01:40
Roger.
01:46
Brookfield, engine 1 is en route to Grace Bridge and Edwards drive only.
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Roger, engine 1.
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Proveal 2 on.
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Roger.
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Car 2 to safety, are you going to need a utility with barricades?
02:17
I don't know if we're going to need to close this Edwards or not.
02:20
It's still laying there. I don't know if it's going to move or not.
02:23
I was starting to smoke again.
02:31
All right and four hours I'll go away, just a good.
02:40
Card to Brookfield.
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Target.
02:45
Can you notify Public Works Oak Road by Silvermine? There's a bunch of debris in the right-right.
02:55
Roger Wooden. Roger Wooden.
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Safety engine one, which way are you coming in from?
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Coming in from the north, I'm just about last in the old place to the gaunt.
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When you get here, pull in to 105 with a steel building.
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Roger,
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105 to steel building.
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Kenwood 1, Kenwood 3 on scene, Kenwood 1 establish command.
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Roger, Kenwood Car 1 and Kenwood Car 3 on scene, Kenwood 1 will have command.
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1247.
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Brookfields at Kevdewa Car 1, Eversource notified.
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Copy that.
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Keep going straight, pulling to the building the complex on your right.
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Location mentioned:
Edwards Dr, Brookfield, CT 06804
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