PHYSICAL RESCUE, MT CARMEL @ GEISLER WAY

PHYSICAL RESCUE, MT CARMEL @ GEISLER WAY

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St. 221 was alerted for a reported Hot Wire down and Tree on fire in the area. 221 Squad arrived on scene finding a tree on hot wires arching and on fire. Squad Crew blocked traffic at Mt Camrel and Tyler and Mt Carmel and Chadwick. Crew also located a PAT Bus stopped in middle of road and while trying to back up and turn around the Bus got hung up and one of the high tension wires that was hot and down. There were 6 occupants on the bus and all were fine. DUQ Light, PAT Supv were notfd to respond. Crews spoke to all occupants and advised them to remain seated on the bus and they would be fine. Crews also located a Transformer that had been struck by lightning and blew the lid of the transformer. It appeared that Lightning struck the tree as well causing it to fall on the wires. Duq Light arrived in about an hour and removed the line from the bus and cleared the road of all wires. County DPW was notfd to remove the tree. All fire units returned in service.<br />
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