Water main break and flooding closes road near Harrison Avenue, Defiance OH
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a water main break near Harrison Avenue caused flooding and a semi truck to become stranded, leading to road closures due to icy and debris conditions.
Audio|Heard on: Defiance County Sheriff, City Police, Fire and EMS - Digital
Listen to dispatch call
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
Station is there's a possible water main break on Dietrich near Harrison?
00:08
12 in the mall?
00:12
23-Zone.
00:18
You are clear. I'm going to get a hold of the street.
00:20
It sounds like there's a semi that's sitting in it as well.
00:24
The road is completely flooded in that area.
00:31
Hello.
00:39
It's 23 station.
00:41
It's affirmative.
00:42
It's in the middle of Dietrich.
00:45
You are clear, I made contact with Robbie's going to be coming out.
00:52
Okay.
01:01
Someone gets to Holgate.
01:06
Bloods more and block off that end.
01:12
12s and out.
01:19
We're also going to need cones on Harrison on Harrison.
01:24
The first cross street there,
01:27
I'll block off of Jackson.
01:34
They should just let you know that road is not drivable.
01:37
There's a small mountain of stone where the break is.
01:48
Yeah,
01:54
there. Roads are starting to freeze over.
02:01
23?
02:04
Good.
02:06
Can you give me a more exact location for where it's at in the road?
02:14
It's literally in the middle of Dietrich,
02:17
right by the pancake house.
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Location mentioned:
Harrison Ave, Defiance, OH 43512
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