Power line down starts lawn fire near Hilltop Road, Harrisburg PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a tree branch fell on a power line near Hilltop Road, causing a wire to fall in a yard and start a lawn fire. The fire appears mostly out, but it's unclear if the wire is still live or broken.
Audio|Heard on: Dauphin PA Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Box 457, near Hilltop Road,
00:05
for a wire down in a yard.
00:06
Company 91, 421.
00:09
Tommy 20 will be in the route.
00:13
Copy, Chief 20.
00:14
We're going to call for tree down area of Hoy and Rob 25.
00:19
It's blocking at least half the road.
00:23
May confirm it's going to be on Hoy Road right by the intersection.
00:28
Probably.
00:31
Chief 91-6.
00:35
Papa chief 91-6.
00:37
Multiple callers are reporting a wire down.
00:40
Leeds can be in the backyard, near Hilltop Road.
00:45
According a wire came down, started catching a lot on fire.
00:49
Probably mostly out now at this point.
00:52
I'm not sure if disconnected it, though.
00:54
You broke up there on that second part.
00:59
Hey, but down in the yard, started to catch the lawn on fire,
01:03
but it seems like mostly out now.
01:05
Not sure if the wire itself broken or disconnected, though.
01:11
I'm direct.
01:14
Chief 911, he's on the scene, they confirmed it as to the rear of near Hilltop Road.
01:18
Said the tree branch came down on a power line, probably call fire.
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Location mentioned:
Hilltop Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17111
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