Tree fallen on power line causes outage near Earth Ln, Polk County AR


A tree fell on a power line near Earth Lane and SETI Lane, causing a power outage in nearby houses. There are wires on the ground but no sparks or fire. The power company has been informed and emergency services are monitoring the situation.
Audio|Source: Polk County / Mena Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
we just witnessed a tree falling down on a power line on near Earth Ln and SETI Ln and you want to contact REA.
00:13
We've lost power.
00:14
The houses out here have lost electricity.
00:16
Near Earth Ln and SETI Ln, wires are on the ground, but I don't see anything sparking right now.
00:28
Four?
00:29
Wait to 50.
00:30
We need to clear any roadway or anything, or is that all going to go for? Negative.
00:34
It's off the road.
00:35
Bradcaster lives right down at the end of the road.
00:37
I'm going to go to his house and get him.
00:39
Thank you.
00:40
He is not responding.
00:41
They've got numerous calls coming in at this time so they're probably aware of it.
00:46
Do you want me to go ahead and page out fire? Right now it seems okay.
00:51
I'm going to keep an eye on it though.
00:52
I'm going down Bradcaster's driveway right now to see if he's home.
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Location mentioned:
Earth Ln & Seti Ln, Arkansas 71953
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