Sparking transformer causes fire and road closure near Argo Blvd, Rotterdam NY
Fire & ArsonThe incident involves a sparking electrical transformer near Argo Boulevard causing a fire in a tree and resulting in road closures between Hamburg and Roberta.
Audio|Source: Schenectady County Fire/EMS
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
1-321, you're going to come in, Argo off of Hamburg, and just park by you all parking a lot for now.
00:08
I'm notified. Received. Fire control[1], National Grid notified[2].
00:10
Negative, we can notify them.
00:12
One, three, two, one.
00:13
Actually, come in block off Argo and Roberta, Carmen.
00:17
See. 3-9. Did you have a specific full number?
00:20
Yeah, see a poll number 2 at near Argo Boulevard, a transformer blue there.
00:27
It looks like there's also a wire sparking, potentially a farther down transformer, but we can't locate that at the moment.
00:34
We see it's 16-10.
00:35
Also, we're going to have Argo Boulevard blocked off from Hamburg to Roberta.
00:38
13.1 arriving.
00:40
12 in 1610.
00:42
139 to 137.
00:43
You have a fire police man back there with you?
00:46
That's Parliament.
00:47
Have him go around to Cardiff to the apartments there and he can park on the ambulance there.
00:55
See if he can block off some of the stuff in the apartment.
00:57
He's going over that way now.
00:59
Just in your way, I know if you can see it from where you are, but one of the lines is actively burning that tree.
01:04
No, I can't.
01:05
What tree right here at the entrance?
01:07
Yeah, right where the third mile power speed limit sign is between you and I, if you look straight up, that tree keeps on hitting the wire and it's actively burning the wire on the tree.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire control: Fire/utility emergency coordination
[2]
National Grid notified: Utility company notified of electrical hazard
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Location mentioned:
Roberta Rd, Rotterdam, NY 12303
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