Crews investigate power issue near Westport Ave, Norwalk CT
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible electrical or transformer incident near Westport Avenue by Cemetery Cleaners. Passersby reported an explosion and smoke near a nearby substation across from a bank, but no active fire or visible damage was found. Utility crews were contacted for further investigation.
Audio|Heard on: Fairfield CT Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:41
Transcript:
00:00
Engine four, utilities emergency.
00:03
near Westport Avenue, Cemetery Cleaners.
00:06
Engine four, utilities emergency near Westport Avenue Cemetery Cleaners.
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Engine four responding.
00:16
Engine four responding.
00:19
Engine two is under control.
00:22
Copy, engine two.
00:24
Engine two is in service.
00:27
Engine two in service.
00:30
Engine four on scene.
00:33
Engine four on scene.
00:36
Norwalk, was this called in by Cemetery Cleaners?
00:42
Negative. There were reports from three different passerbys.
00:46
One reported it was the transformer near the building,
00:50
and another caller said it was directly across from Bank of America.
00:55
We're on scene right now and all power is back off.
01:00
Received.
01:03
Engine two's off the air station two.
01:06
Engine two at station two.
01:10
Four to Norwalk, a passerby is stating that across the street from Bank of America there seems to be a substation.
01:17
There is no smoke, there's no fire, but they said they saw an explosion and smoke.
01:23
We don't see anything at this time.
01:26
Copy, four.
01:30
Can you contact Eversource just in case? I don't know if they can find it on one of their grids, if there is a problem here.
01:37
But we don't see anything.
01:41
Will do.
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Location mentioned:
Westport Ave, Norwalk, CT 06851
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