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A transformer explosion in Pittsburgh caused a tree to fall, bringing down power and telecommunications lines and blocking a roadway. Firefighters are on the scene, and power is out in the affected area.

Tree Branch on Power Line

 Duquesne Lights on scene, we'll be turning it over to them, you can show us back in service. Copy.

Dispatch, 35 Engine. 35. Duquesne Lights on scene, we'll be turning it over to them, you can show us back in service. Copy.

Utility workers are now handling the situation, and firefighters have cleared the scene.

 Standby. 35 Engine, Duquesne Lights been notified. No ETA.

Utility company has been notified, but no estimated time for power restoration is available yet.

Additionally, this tree is in the roadway.

Additionally, this tree is in the roadway. Copy.

The fallen tree is also blocking the roadway, according to firefighters.

Dispatch, 35 Engine, you lost some power to the area.

 35 Engine, that's affirmative, dispatch.

 Copy, the wire is low hanging, are they down?

 Being pulled down, they're not on the ground, the tree is laying across them.

 We're trying to identify if this transformer they think may have exploded.

Dispatch, 35 Engine, you lost some power to the area. 35 Engine, that's affirmative, dispatch. Copy, the wire is low hanging, are they down? Being pulled down, they're not on the ground, the tree is laying across them. We're trying to identify if this transformer they think may have exploded. We're trying to identify if this transformer they think may have exploded.

Power is out in the area due to a tree on power lines. Firefighters are investigating the transformer.

Dispatch 35 Engine. 35. You can show us on scene outside 3416 Reuben. We got a tree down. It's across the power and telecommunications lines. No sparking or arcing at this time. Do you have Duquesne light en route? Standby, I just sat down.

Firefighters report a tree down across power and telecommunications lines, with no sparking or arcing observed.

 For an electrical hazard, zone 114, 34, 16, Rubin Street.

 Culler's reporting there's a tree branch on the power line and Culler thinks the transformer exploded.

 Again, that's 35 engine, 35 engine, only for an electrical hazard.

34 engine in, let's run over to MS1. 34 Attention engine 35, engine 35 only. For an electrical hazard, zone 114, 34, 16, Rubin Street. Culler's reporting there's a tree branch on the power line and Culler thinks the transformer exploded. Again, that's 35 engine, 35 engine, only for an electrical hazard.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a tree branch on a power line following a transformer explosion.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 3416 Reuben St.

Tree Branch on Power Line

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