Fire damages base of utility pole near Coastal Hwy, Milford DE


A small fire was reported at the base of a utility pole near mile marker 29 on Coastal Highway. The local electric cooperative has been notified and is responding. The fire caused minor damage to the pole's base.
Audio|Source: Sussex County Fire and Seaford Fire / EMS
02:49
Transcript:
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Responding the area, mile marker 29,
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edges of 1-4-0, and 42 Coast Highway.
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RPAs are reporting fire at the bottom of the pole.
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DEC has been notified.
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They're sending someone. He also invited stuff down side of the real one.
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Brush 85 with you. Rush 85, 1346. So 6585 is one location. Got a brush fire, rabbit telephone. You use squad 85 off 385 command. The squad 85, 1347.
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the villages will bring upont. Cross your witness drive. First call, second emergency 1348. 85 command of Sussex. Ben. I'll give you a poll number for the poll that's involved around the fire. Let me know when you're ready to copy.
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We already had the poll number DEC's been notified there in route. Okay, just want to confirm it's DEC-1619-5-9. That's correct. They didn't give an ETA for DEC either.
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Copy that. Just a little bit of damage to the bottom of the folks. Copy.
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Alright.
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Location mentioned:
Near Coastal Hwy, Milford, DE 19963
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