Fire crews check report of sparking power line, Colonial Heights VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were called to a possible electrical fire near Riverview Road in Colonial Heights after a caller reported a sparking power line or pole across the street. Responding engines checked the area but found no visible fire.
Audio|Heard on: Colonial Heights City Fire and EMS
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01:54
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 941,
00:02
other fire reported.
00:03
near Riverview Road.
00:06
Engine 941, other fire reported.
00:09
near Riverview Road.
00:12
Cross streets are Roslyn Avenue and Ivy Avenue.
00:15
Priority one high.
00:16
Time of 1500.
00:27
Engine 941 out.
00:32
Company engine 900 and forty-one, Cheyenne responding.
00:34
near Riverview Road, cross streets Roslyn and Ivy Avenue.
00:41
Caller states that (name withheld) saw either a light or a power pole.
00:44
It's sparking. (Name withheld) is not sure if it's the line itself or the poles.
00:47
Time out 1502.
00:56
Correction, it's the power line or pole across the street from near Riverview Road.
01:01
Across the street from near Riverview.
01:08
Okay.
01:19
Five engine, that's forty-one calling speed.
01:21
Five hundred block of Riverview.
01:23
Nothing showing.
01:24
Engine five forty-one will have to remain investigating.
01:28
Copy, engine five forty-one on location.
01:30
Five hundred block Riverview Road.
01:32
Nothing showing.
01:33
Investigative mode 1504.
01:35
Also just heard a badger coming in extremely low.
01:45
Riverview command, can you advise who the caller was?
01:51
Caller was from near Riverview Road.
01:53
Five hundred block Riverview Road.
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Location mentioned:
Riverview Rd, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
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