Tangled Cable Wires Temporarily Shut Down Stoughton Road Early Tuesday Morning
Incident Type:
Electrical
Dispatch:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 2:45am
Arrival:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 2:50am
Address:
S. Stoughton Rd. / U.S. Highway 12
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to reports of a piece of construction equipment tangled up with lines from a power pole on S. Stoughton Road near the Beltline Highway.
The lines were determined to be low-voltage cable wires, not electric power lines. Firefighters removed the cables from the equipment, and the Dane County Communications Center notified Charter that their cable wires needed to be repaired.
Firefighters turned the scene over to police, who had been keeping the road closed, and cleared from the call at 3:16 a.m.
Posted 09/27/2016 - 9:48am
Contacts:
Cynthia Schuster (Public Information Officer)