Downed wire and limb block Valley Road, Lexington MA
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to Valley Road near Bedford Street for a downed wire and tree limb. Power lines appeared damaged, and several vehicles were unable to leave the area. Utility crews were requested to assist with securing power and clearing debris. No injuries or fires were reported at the time.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington Fire and EMS Dispatch
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03:28
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 1.
00:01
Touching lot of one.
00:04
Valley Road near Bedford Street.
00:07
A wire down.
00:09
Ladder 1, Valley Road near Bedford Street.
00:12
Got a wire down.
00:19
Fire line ready at four.
00:24
Therefore,
00:26
East Company is on for Emerson Garden.
00:33
Companies are responding.
00:35
Near Emerson Gardens Road for the medical aid.
00:38
Police on scene requesting.
00:45
Engine four has this.
00:51
Engine four.
00:55
Engine four.
00:58
Be for a female, altered mental status.
01:05
Engine four has it.
01:11
Fire alarm,
01:14
engine four.
01:16
Engine four, stand by, ladder one.
01:19
We're on.
01:22
No one near responding.
01:24
Valley Road, right where it meets Bedford Street wire and a tree limb down.
01:29
I'll get the police up there when I have one free.
01:31
Engine 4, can I have your message?
01:35
East Company is on scene.
01:38
We're on scene 13.
01:39
Fire alarm, ladder one.
01:45
Fire alarm,
01:51
Ladder one answering.
01:55
Sorry we were telling the public to stop playing with the wires.
01:59
We're on scene.
02:01
Okay, 101, you're on scene.
02:04
1320.
02:05
The crews are on the way as well, just freed from another call.
02:10
Received. We have a significant branch down with a service ripped off a house.
02:19
Large limb down, service ripped off a house.
02:21
Thirteen 20.
02:28
Fire on ladder one.
02:31
Oh.
02:32
Now I'm free.
02:34
If you could have Eversource respond out here,
02:36
we're gonna have to kill the power.
02:38
We're gonna have to get the service off the road and there's a significant amount of cars that are all trapped down in here trying to get out.
02:46
I don't want.
02:47
We'll notify them as well.
02:48
Thirteen 21.
02:53
All the pole has is a two on it for now.
02:58
I don't want pole two.
02:59
How about a, do you have a number on the house that the service is down from?
03:04
near Valley Road
03:07
near Valley Road
03:12
So I'm ladder one.
03:16
Bring ladder one.
03:20
Appears the resident has moved out according to a neighbor.
03:24
They're going to try to contact them.
03:25
We've done a 360 of the house as far as we can tell, there's no issues at this time.
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Location mentioned:
Valley Rd, Lexington, MA 02421
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