Tree and live wires down near Meisel Avenue Park, Springfield Township NJ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a fallen tree with live wires sparking and smoking near Meisel Avenue Park in Springfield, New Jersey. The incident caused a temporary closure of traffic lanes heading toward Route 22. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Union NJ Fire-Tac Group Calls
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02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Should be doing it, part 3 is responding to the tree down.
00:03
Hello. Anything about this tree?
00:08
Tree down, wires down, sparking, and smoke.
00:13
Appreciate you. We can say out of recall.
00:15
The unit over to Meisel for the second.
00:22
County car 3 is on scene at Meisel, establishing command.
00:26
Tree and wires down.
00:34
Chief, someone's going on the highway for some type of crash.
00:39
All right.
00:44
All right, unit one from Union County.
00:47
Mountain Valley came over the channel.
00:49
They give us a, uh,
00:51
It's verified tree down, no injuries.
00:53
They said Milburn and Summit can handle it.
00:58
All right, we're good with that, thank you.
01:07
Whenever it comes in, just start out dispatching it, please.
01:13
We don't have anything else pending right now.
01:24
Wires are all upright.
01:31
Juliet, Charlie, 332, (number withheld).
01:38
I just confirmed this is for Meisel Avenue Park, correct?
01:43
Correct for Meisel Park.
01:45
Poles are upright, wires still down though.
01:57
I don't really need anything here.
02:01
Trying to get one lane closed.
02:03
Do you want me to divert traffic at Riverside and Linden or can we open up?
02:11
No, lane going towards Route 22 needs to be shut down.
02:15
Okay, I have it shut down at Linden, Riverside.
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Location mentioned:
Meisel Avenue Park, 278 Meisel Ave, Springfield, NJ 07081
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