Lightning causes tree fire and downed wires near Grandview Ave, Edison NJ
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a lightning strike that caused a tree to catch fire and utility wires to fall near Grandview Avenue West. The tree was partially blocking the roadway. No confirmed injuries reported. Traffic control was requested due to the hazard and multiple utility poles were affected.
Audio|Source: Middlesex County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Do you want to put in that text hole? We all the entire department, Brookside and Raymond.
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Work High has Freeman Street.
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We had a tree that tough wire down there's marking now.
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Here's 14. 56.
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Okay, Mark 49.
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Yeah, go track that area first.
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You find anything. All right, 21, B.
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Inger 1, your location.
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All right, see. Central from 210.
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Come in. There's 21, Angel blood, George.
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Can we have the address for that holder for firing? And can you also put it at any candidate for that as well?
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A640 headquarters.
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What is a case number for the fire call?
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10-4[1] to 23-off.
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Okay. Now, Andrew 1, you're going to take that wires down.
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You can you do the location again? Go first.
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The roadside as they're affecting with Freeman Street.
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Okay. All right. That's what the end of helping well.
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Okay. 220 is for the fire call at Sandhill and 221 is for Providence.
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The problem here in 23 turn varies with the APT alarm system.
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All these will be clear for the testimony.
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Okay. Received, thank you.
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There wasn't a specific address.
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They said it was in the area of South Indian Place and Cheron Road.
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But again, that is, you know, about two, three blocks off from where the wires were reported out.
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I'll put the tones in for it, they'll build a separate incident.
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Proof neighbor clock.
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I'm sorry, those are fire calls.
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Providence is 101 for the 1staker, clear.
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Receive, thank you.
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Thank you.
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What's where we're responding? We see if it's going to responding
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You see, it's going to be in the back by the Picnic Grove, unknown amount of patients.
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We have JFK requested for LSMBLS also.
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Never.
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Right with you.
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Keep you updated. Central to Station 37-304 Grant Avenue for a tree down, partially in the roadway.
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Engine 4 from T37.
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Before I'm seeing no entrapments, everybody's outside from under the tree, then the on and I'll keep you updated.
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That's what I'm going to see that.
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Go ahead, Chief.
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Yeah, you might want to take separate engines if you can.
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Repeat. Go ahead. This guy, it's 1.50s you've got to be in service.
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Nice to focus.
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Let me have to be seen.
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Where is the rescuators are supposed to go in?
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We're not going.
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Sir, you're not aware.
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He's a head of 4-3-10.
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110-2-10?
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Me, Chief. I'm going to have a crew shortly.
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Are you getting another engine on there?
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President has your response.
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Yeah, put the engine on the road for now so we figure out what we've got going on here.
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Multiple calls in this area.
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Recivillian all the road service.
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All right, 21, repeat, 15.
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Okay.
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That's your promise to check.
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One time this, Roger Lovian service responding from the Morgian area.
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704, 775, Washington Road.
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Dr. 209 is in the area of South Indian and Huron.
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Nothing else. Two thousand be establishing here on road path.
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Great. Thank you. 34, 34, you can still in service.
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Grant. Great.
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Pierceville has been in services.
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Now, from what we're getting, everybody's bullied injured or inside the building, inside the building.
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112, Kyle. Squad 3 is trying to call in service.
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Both round brush for you know.
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So, uh, there's a lot.
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21 to NG15, if your investigation isn't blinding anything, have any of the respect to this phone and see the host.
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Yeah. Did you notify public coverage yet?
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Yeah, 15, if you could have engineering or security attempt to reset and see if it holds more quickly due to the power switch.
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Just 5-1501.50, come to you up.
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Station 3d, squad 3.
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Cloud. Govarm chief, standing by.
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Security right now, I've known to receive the floor.
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We repeat out, command for them to reset chemicals.
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Start moving things around with...
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Stay by by my chat, I'm learning.
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Please, if you have any left.
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Roger, repeat your eyes.
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Soldry-took down a pole and some wires.
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Very soon.
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Squadron. Squad 3 is approaching Station.
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We run through it from Part 21.
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You have injured one kind of read.
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I apologize.
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I do apologize. I do apologize.
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I would be in here with your message.
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This is Fire Central,
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Angel 1-engine 9-9 Car 8, response to 26 Grandview Avenue West.
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To report to the street, truck by lightning currently in flames, Edenton Fire Central, 1-1 Engine 9 Car 8, response to 26 Grandview Avenue West, for reports of the street that was struck by lightning, located behind the building, call the street, if there's a small flame.
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Yeah, we're going to need a, uh,
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we need some traffic control down here.
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This scene goes from both side and three minutes down,
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post side pretty far.
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Uh, is going to cover at least two utility pools,
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possibly a third.
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Clyde, truck with five.
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See, truckload.
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Here, my nice, got a dangerous condition one time.
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Received
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Location mentioned:
Near Grandview Ave W, Edison, NJ 08837
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