Live electrical wires on fire close New Britain Avenue, Farmington CT
Road ClosureLive electrical wires are down and burning on the road near Newburton Avenue and New Britain Avenue in Farmington, CT. Emergency crews are closing the road and setting up barricades to stop traffic. The fire and power line hazard require response from utility and highway workers to clear the area and restore safety.
Audio|Source: Farmington Police, Fire and EMS
06:10
Transcript:
00:00
4 -1, we have a large shot down on the roadway, primaries on the ground as well on fire.
00:06
I'm going to have to have an officer come in from the southern side of Newburton Avenue and block traffic.
00:31
New northbound New Britain Avenue shut it down at Oakridge.
00:39
Okay,
00:42
can't send thing now.
00:46
401 to me.
00:50
411.
00:51
Do you codmin when I share the brush.
00:54
Affirmative, we got district car coming block off by Roma.
00:59
Ray through, thank you.
01:11
And I'm coming up southbound under Braylority.
01:19
1743.
01:35
One headquarters.
01:40
Get one.
01:43
We'll be clear for me if you need is anywhere.
01:47
Well, I just chat your license.
02:00
301.301.
02:08
You make notification to every source ship.
02:14
Negative.
02:16
You need to close this residential address and a poll number, please.
02:25
It's going to be near Newburton Avenue and I'm working on a poll number.
02:30
Okay.
02:35
And I have a poll number for you.
02:38
Good.
02:42
CLMP 8496. It's going to be right in front of polymer.
02:45
We're going to need the road shutdown as well. If you can contact highway, then that's a break barricando.
02:59
Committed, just the wires down or any broken poles or anything like that for the report to ever source.
03:07
From what we can see it just looks like one primary down, but we're not able to get around the corner to see what's further up by Roma.
03:17
Better.
03:22
Engines using driver one in one.
03:31
Vision 200.
03:39
Headquarters. It's going to be on the here in front of 6-5.
03:57
Base to New Britain afterman.
03:59
Base two, New Britain afterman.
04:08
Go ahead.
04:13
Town highway's been notified by a third or with barricades.
04:19
Brickett's.
04:21
Brickett. Brickett.
04:25
What's that?
04:30
Okay, T-Sand-3 is responding. Driver only.
04:36
Is it 3 responding?
04:42
Command, 183.3. Command,
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183.
04:46
Go ahead, Gene.
04:50
Three, you can go with the flow of traffic while you respond to Roma Drive and put up some caution tape if you can for now.
04:59
Received you.
05:07
Command Agent 2. Command Agent 2.
05:17
Cheo, if you could just park across the road here at Polymer, block the way in them.
05:24
Edge 2A. Edge 2A.
05:29
Edge of C. Here, edge of two is off seat.
05:44
to set up barricades and then have to be copper mines so there's pit route traffic getting backed up and they have to turn around
05:57
so that's going to be copper mine and bridge we've got gina and oakridge
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Near New Britain Ave, Farmington, CT 06032
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