Power outage near transformer caused by squirrel damage, Sussex County NJ
Fire & ArsonA power outage occurred near a transformer on County Road 521 in New Jersey. The cause was identified as a squirrel chewing on the electrical transformer wire. There was no fire reported, only the power going out due to the damage.
Audio|Source: Wantage and Sussex County Fire and EMS, NJ State Police
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Transcript:
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Uh, reference that explosion.
00:01
I just bought to the individual that lives like basically right next door with, it was a squirrel that ate away to transformer wire.
00:08
Uh 1051 can around 521.
00:16
Procedure, sir.
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I will uh...
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be there up.
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Just,
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um,
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if you give me a pole number, it's, um, there's no fire, it's just, uh,
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powers out near it.
00:35
Fire is user.
00:36
All about, uh,
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five minutes out.
00:39
All right, no rush, I'm putting this up.
00:41
The pole number will get JSP now out and just clear it.
00:47
That was my intention.
00:55
Thank you, sir.
00:57
27, 5.
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Uh,
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84. Uh,
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not drill, 8,6.
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I-197, I'll be able to scare it.
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First of the day 15.
01:19
Sir, go for 9086.
01:22
Sir, it's between 1051 and Hicks.
01:30
Then,
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what was the report, a wire hanging in front of the transformer?
01:37
No, I just think it's a, uh,
01:43
I don't think there's any wires involved.
01:49
Actually, I will, uh,
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I'll get that pole number for you.
01:55
All right, I can also call the reporting party back.
01:57
That was 10-531, you could probably point it out to which one it is.
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Co Rd 521, New Jersey
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