Downed electrical lines cause fire in Marlborough, Marlborough MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, two electrical lines fell onto the roadway in Marlborough and caught fire. Police closed the road while responders notified the utility company and kept bystanders away from charged metal structures.
Audio|Heard on: Marlborough Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:3
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, file.
00:01
I'm just notifying National Grid that we have two primary electrical lines snapped and in the roadway, actively on fire.
00:12
Receive.
00:15
We have police on scene blocking the road and we have the other end secured.
00:24
102 from 100.
00:29
Good.
00:31
(name withheld), I can't tell.
00:33
Does that gate come in contact with that guardrail?
00:37
Negative. It ends about three feet away.
00:41
And there's about another foot and a half between that fence and the end of the guardrail, heading back toward that property near the water treatment plant.
00:51
All right, Receive, just stay there.
00:53
Make sure no one touches that guardrail and that gate; could be charged.
00:59
Receive, yeah, all these people coming out are moving their cars to the far side of the parking lot.
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Location mentioned:
Marlborough, MA
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