Downed power lines and small fire near West Locust St, Scott County IA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to reports of a possible transformer or tree branch fire near Black Hawk Road and 17th Street, later noted near West Locust Street by Interstate 280. The incident involved downed power lines across multiple lanes, but no arcing or sparking was observed. Utility workers were notified and dispatched. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Davenport and Quad Cities Metro Police, Fire / EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:30
Transcript:
00:00
Right, going to G34.
00:03
Go ahead.
00:06
We've been near Black Hawk Road and 17th Street in Rock Island.
00:10
There is power to this area.
00:12
Do you have a better description of the transformer fire?
00:18
Caller advised that she was passing by.
00:21
She saw the tree branch fire and one of the power lines in that area.
00:24
She didn't advise anything further.
00:31
Six electrical hazard solo, West Locust Street at I-280.
00:41
Six copy you now.
00:42
This is going to be for downed power lines across all four lanes.
00:46
There's no arcing or sparking.
00:47
It's going to be about 100 yards from the interstate.
00:49
I'm trying to contact Mid American now.
00:56
Frank, I'm Engine 34.
01:01
Go ahead.
01:06
We've checked 17th Street from Black Hawk Road to 31st Avenue, 24th Street from 40th Avenue to 31st Avenue and not seen anything.
01:16
We're going to be complete between.
01:20
10-4[1].
01:22
Keep going.
01:23
Months 13 is available.
01:28
Go.
01:31
Ahead.
01:35
My family got through to MidAmerican.
01:37
They've been advised and they're going to get somebody there as soon as possible if we do not have an ETA yet.
01:56
Dispatching.
01:57
Go ahead.
02:03
Were these lines across Locust or across the interstate?
02:09
I'll get further with a call taker.
02:10
I believe that they're going to be across Locust, say like 100 yards from the interstate.
02:16
East of the interstate.
02:22
And so we've been through that area and haven't found any downed lines.
02:27
We'll check it again.
02:30
Yeah, thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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W Locust St, Iowa
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