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Smoking and sizzling pole base near hilton bus garage, Maplewood NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/14/2025 08:22 AM

Jacoby St, Maplewood, NJ 07040

According to the dispatch call, fire department was dispatched to evaluate a smoking and sizzling base of a missing pole in the ground near the Hilton Bus Garage on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood.

Audio|Heard on: Maplewood Police Department

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01:53

Transcript:

00:00

347. New Jersey Transit call back.

00:05

I'm wondering about our ETA for that pole down.

00:08

They said now it's smoking.

00:09

They did change the location to the area of the Hilton Bus Garage.

00:14

I started the FD.

00:16

at this point.

00:20

Okay.

00:22

I didn't seem to get down.

00:23

Smoking's different, but I'll check it out.

00:26

Thanks.

00:31

So is the cold or opting?

00:39

No, it's New Jersey Transit Transit Police.

00:41

The buses are reporting.

00:49

Okay, hold me in front of the bus garage on Springfield Avenue.

00:56

Okay, receive it in front of the bus garage on spring.

01:03

Forward to an essential seat and towing has that vehicle and we're not park grab back open.

01:13

Thanks for you.

01:19

I'm going to say, sir.

01:26

All right, Sancho, what we have here is a missing pole for several years now.

01:34

The base of it, which is still exposed, is actually smoking from the ground, and it's actually sizzling.

01:42

But it's in the ground, there's no wires down, no poles down, or anything.

01:46

So I'll have the FD roll for an evaluation on this.

01:51

Okay, receive that.

01:52

They're in route.

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Jacoby St, Maplewood, NJ 07040

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