Tree causes pole fire near Herman Road in Penn Township, Selinsgrove PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a large tree has fallen on high-tension wires near Herman Road in Penn Township, causing a pole fire and concern for a potential wildfire. Fire units and utility responders are on scene managing the situation.
Audio|Heard on: Snyder County Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
03:20
Transcript:
00:00
Penn Township, period near Herman Road,
00:03
cross streets of Miles Lane and Fair Oak Road.
00:07
Fire police to request of Chief 81 for a pole fire.
00:12
And we respondent.
00:19
Gary near Herman Road.
00:22
Fire police to request of Chief 81, Box 80-7, Company 130, Company 80, Fire Police.
00:29
5589 responding 1713
00:35
5889 this is from the utility can you go to Ridgeview and Herman Ridgeview and Herman
00:46
Central 65132 responding 55-132
00:51
15132 1713
00:58
Central, did you copy Traffic 80 responding?
01:02
Traffic 80, responding? Traffic 80, responding 1713.
01:11
Traffic 80.
01:13
If you actually can go to Ridgeview and Harmon,
01:16
then we should be good.
01:18
132 if you want to go down Harman and Fair Oaks, that's fine.
01:28
Central Captain 121.1, is you ready for a four number?
01:34
Captain 121, go ahead.
01:38
2-2-0-33, over Tierra 5-481-1.
01:47
Also notified P.E&L if their transformer is involved too.
01:54
Okay, I have 22033 over Sierra 54811.
02:02
We will notice IPNL through the port will be advised they're not getting ETAs because of the number of calls are getting.
02:10
Copy. Okay.
02:15
Okay. Okay.
02:16
Okay. 1716-16.
02:17
Okay.
02:22
This is from Chief 81 to add to this call.
02:27
There's a large tree down on the high-tension wire that caused this incident here on Herman's Road.
02:33
It'll be right before the next pull down from this one.
02:41
Okay, Chief,
02:43
is there any new information in terms of road blocking or anything? Because we've given it to PPNL as a fire.
02:53
The top of the pole has started through the high tension line has come down from the top of the pole.
02:59
It's not on the roadway yet, it's just for the transformer.
03:06
Okay,
03:08
would you say this is a higher priority call?
03:13
100%. With the active fire on the pole and the hot embers moaning the car field, I don't want this to turn into wildfire.
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Location mentioned:
Herman Rd, Selinsgrove, PA 17870
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