Smoke smell and power outage near Connecticut Road, Southbridge MA


Fire crews responded to a smell of smoke and power outage in a building near Connecticut Road in Southbridge. Residents were advised to shut off power and contact an electrician. No active fire was found. National Grid shut down and blocked the road. Trees and utility poles were down near the area.
Audio|Source: Southbridge and Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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When you get here, if you just send somebody inside, I'm in the basement, there's smoke down here, but I'm not seeing anything.
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Riter 176 on scene Route 171[2].
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Another 176.
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Card 476[1] from car 6776 are on scene with easy.
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A2, cleared Harrington.
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Recease. Receive.
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Firelight.
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Firelight.
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Firelight.
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They have some kind of some kind of smell.
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They do have some kind of smell of smoke and power outage in this one building. They do have some kind of smell of smoke and power outage in this one building where everyone else has it around.
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I'm having them shut off the power and get a hold of electrician, but I don't see anything active.
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Our 476[1] reporting impossible electrical issue at near Connecticut Road.
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17808.
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1780.
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I had X4.
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We'll be on my way back to engine 3 just going to walk off the road.
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Homes, sir, also be advised, highways been notified, trees and poles down in the area.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Mission wasn't room, Cheryl and Young.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Two to fire alarm.
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Bad engine two.
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The engine two is packing quarters.
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4-4-4-4-4. 4th.
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...and is there, National Grid has the road shut down and blocked off.
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We're going to be all set here.
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We're going to be clearing.
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We're going to be clearing now. Next slide, I'll be clearing at the time.
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NG3 to finally.
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93 is going to be clearing national grid has the road shutdown.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
476: Fire unit identifier
[2]
Route 171: Location of incident
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Southbridge, MA
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