Lightning strikes tree causing fire and hazard on Grace Dr, Medfield MA


A lightning strike caused a tree on Grace Drive to fall onto a vehicle. The vehicle caught fire, and a live electrical wire is touching the fallen tree and crossing the road. No one was reported inside the vehicle. The situation presents a fire hazard and a danger from the live wire.
Audio|Source: Medfield Police and Fire
02:14
Transcript:
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So I just got a 911 call for Grace Drive report of lightning struck a tree and that tree fell over and landed on top of a vehicle.
00:12
The caller could not confirm whether there were any parties inside the vehicle heat.
00:17
Grace Drive, he couldn't give me a number.
00:20
Sorry, he'd just go on fire as well.
00:25
Where do you see, sir?
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Metro control to responding units.
00:28
Just be advised that initial caller just called again to update that there was nobody inside that vehicle.
00:35
However, there is an active wire that is touching the tree that's on the car and that wire is going across the road as well.
00:44
I have a single million route 34 and 33 all phone road road Three percent
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30 to the responding.
00:55
I'm going to take Phillip on the Cross Street, Hillow Street side.
01:00
Someone wants to go from the Elm Street side.
01:02
Three fly, I thought.
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38 to 33 and 34.
01:05
I'm actually going to show up before you.
01:06
But 34 if you could come in from the Hill Street side.
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Location mentioned:
Grace Dr, Medfield, MA 02052
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