Electrical panel overheating causes smoke near Orchard and Main, Stony Point NY
Fire & ArsonResponders reported an electrical panel near Orchard and Main streets was overheating and producing smoke. There was no active fire, but the panel remained hot and caused concern. Electrical maintenance was called.
Audio|Source: Rockland County UHF Fireground Tact 6
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Transcript:
00:00
Eric, they're thrown on the corner of Main and Orchard.
00:02
You just put the engine on Orchard Street.
00:05
We're making that right now.
00:11
Danny, I believe this house was all SRO.
00:14
If I remember correctly, just be careful, I'm Doug.
00:17
Yeah, we were just talking about that.
00:19
Let me go check everybody.
00:25
Okay, clear.
00:28
Okay.
00:30
It seems like there's some kind of no actual issue with the airbreaker.
00:34
They're a,
00:36
it's hot.
00:37
Try to turn it back on and then it started smoking.
00:39
At the time, it's not smoking.
00:41
The panel is still a little bit hot.
00:44
But I'm being burned at this time, there we could see.
00:49
Okay, so the electrical panels have an issue as well.
00:51
It's more than just the light switch.
00:54
Yeah, apparently the tail is smoking.
00:57
It's hot, so it's like the top left point.
01:00
So you don't see anything that at first.
01:03
Alright, just keep in everything like a camera.
01:05
I'm going to call fault 1-hour electric.
01:10
Go for it.
01:16
That light switch is isolated, right?
01:20
Yeah, that sounds like that.
01:22
All right, just got to make sure there's no more heat coming out of the main panel now.
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Location mentioned:
Orchard St & W Main St, Stony Point, NY 10980
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