Underground transformer fire causes power outage in Kenner, Kenner LA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to an underground transformer fire in Kenner that caused a power outage on an entire street. The fire was put out using dry chemicals, but the area is still smoldering while waiting for the energy company to arrive.
Audio|Source: Kenner Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
File off of 378, see?
00:02
Go ahead, 378.
00:03
I don't know if I gave you an update, but we suppressed the fire with a dry chemical.
00:06
Can you get an ETA on energy because it's still smoldering?
00:11
Coffee suppress the fire with the dry chemical, still smoldering.
00:15
We'll try to get an ETA.
00:16
They don't necessarily always have ETAs, but they did say that they'll have someone en route in a few minutes.
00:21
All right, set forth.
00:22
It's advising that it's in the ground, it's underground,
00:24
transforming, and that the whole street is out of power at this time, and it's still burned.
00:29
Copy. At the time that I called Energy, they advised that it was an underground transformer.
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Location mentioned:
Kenner, LA
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