Electrical wires down with flames at Pittsburgh intersection, Pittsburgh PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, down electrical wires caught fire at intersection near Pioneer Avenue and Waddington Avenue in Pittsburgh. No injuries reported. The fire is an electrical hazard, and utility company Duquesne Light and police were requested for traffic control.
Audio|Heard on: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
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08:26
Transcript:
00:00
Zone 426 to the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and Waddington Avenue for wires down, live wires.
00:08
There are flames outside.
00:11
Nothing appears to be being threatened and no one is injured.
00:16
Comment on fire 1, 2135.
00:21
4 engine in the MS1.
00:41
Four engine in Second Avenue, Palmer.
00:48
Four engine with Medi-14.
00:56
Twenty-six, I would have you now.
01:04
Coffee.
01:10
26 engine in.
01:12
Copy that, 26 engine in 2136.
01:15
136 engine in 2136.
01:17
131 able.
01:25
Good.
01:27
Everything's on 069 to us in sight.
01:31
Copy.
01:35
Term detail, zone 428.
01:39
To Agros 1424 Methyl Street, it's going to be Apartment 1 between Bayonne Avenue and Sebring Avenue.
01:45
This was a no-contact medical pendant push for a 95-year-old male.
01:52
No further information has been provided.
01:55
Again, that's going to be 28-engine, 28-engine only.
01:58
To Zone 428, Adros 1424 Methyl Street, apartment 1 between Bayonne Avenue and Sebring Avenue for no contact.
02:07
medical pendant push for a 95-year-old male.
02:11
Come in on EMS1.
02:14
Time is 2138.
02:18
32.
02:21
132.
02:23
He served for (name withheld) off of Jacksonia on Armandale.
02:28
Call her said that her grandson is intoxicated and yelling and attempting to hurt the dog.
02:34
It's a black male 38 named (name withheld).
02:41
Copy from red.
02:49
Four, entomatic 14.
02:54
Four engine cuts.
02:57
Should have been talked, you could disregard.
03:05
Four hundred cops to disregard, thanks, 14.
03:21
There, I copy, I have 132 on the way off.
03:25
An additional unit, please.
03:29
Copy based on 3,30,
03:31
Able.
03:33
Copy, row. Copy, row.
03:38
1.22.
03:42
Good.
03:45
We don't see anything out here.
03:46
We even checked in with Pisa Parma.
03:48
We've got one more call back.
03:51
Yes, somebody.
03:53
2.
03:58
2.29.
04:02
29. 29.
04:04
Information receives.
04:05
Can you attach a CCR to this and please hold us on the paperwork.
04:11
CHAP.
04:16
Tension all companies, four engine backup service.
04:18
Once again, four engine back in service.
04:20
2140.
04:38
28 engine on team.
04:41
Copy that 28 engine.
04:42
I am also trying to reach out to the patient.
04:45
I've been calling out.
04:46
I've been calling out.
04:51
Negative.
04:57
All right, bike 22.
04:59
We'll do one more pass, but you can clear it out.
05:03
Copy.
05:11
26 engine on the scene.
05:15
This is actually a high-tension wire.
05:19
It's laying up against a vehicle right now.
05:22
There's no injury.
05:24
Currently,
05:26
the only hazard is the electrical wire.
05:28
We're going to need Duquesne Light on the scene.
05:31
I'll get your pool number in a minute.
05:34
Copy that. Do you need police?
05:38
We're going to need police for traffic control.
05:43
Copy that.
05:47
Okay,
05:52
he's on.
05:54
2142.
06:00
The blackboard fusion,
06:03
plate number, Mike.
06:08
Mike Kulow, tango, (number withheld) on a black confusion.
06:19
Okay. Top of it.
06:22
All thirty five, you know.
06:28
Okay. Okay.
06:33
132, where are you at?
06:37
132, where are we? 132, where in it?
06:41
132, we're close.
06:55
All right, I got a poll number whenever you're ready.
07:02
Go ahead.
07:10
Copy.
07:13
Two.
07:15
Two.
07:19
Copy Sierra Lima, 01772.
07:25
At the Department of here, we're going to need to shut down this street on the other corner of Pioneer, and let me get to the cross street.
07:43
This, that's 28 engine.
07:47
Got 28 engine.
07:50
We made contact accidental activation.
07:54
If you want to put in your notes, there's a key holder across the street a family member at (number withheld) for future reference.
08:03
Copy that 28 engine.
08:09
Dispatch 26 Engine, Waddington; we're going to be shut down at the corner of Pioneer.
08:18
Copy that, we do have police requested for you, standby for further assistance.
08:25
Receive, we'll be on scene.
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Location mentioned:
Pioneer Ave & Waddington Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15226
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