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A truck snagged power lines on W 23rd St in Chicago, causing a pole to snap and lines to fall across several garages. Firefighters and police are managing the scene, and ComEd is working to address the downed lines.

Truck Snagged Power Lines

 There's a potential for this thing to be arcing and it's laying across a metal fence.

 Let me know where you want her to come in from, and then I'm going to send 24 anyways, just in case.

There's a potential for this thing to be arcing and it's laying across a metal fence. It's just kind of a mess over here. Oh, joy. All right. I have 22 coming. Let me know where you want her to come in from, and then I'm going to send 24 anyways, just in case. 10-24.

Police report the power line may be arcing across a metal fence, complicating the situation.

 So, what happened over here was there was some wires hanging low across Wolcott,

 and I guess a truck came along and snagged the wires, snapped off the pole.

 Now the wires are laying across the street.

 The pole is laying into a foundation, which is under construction, filled with water.

So, 10-20. 2-4, you can take a disregard. 10-20. So, what happened over here was there was some wires hanging low across Wolcott, and I guess a truck came along and snagged the wires, snapped off the pole. Now the wires are laying across the street. The pole is laying into a foundation, which is under construction, filled with water. So, uh...

According to police the pole is lying inside a foundation filled with water inside a foundation under construction.

 Yeah, we're returning CPDs on the scene and comments on the scene, working on the problem.

 Truck 2, you available for automatic alarm, Truck 2?

Engine 23 to Main. 23. Yeah, we're returning CPDs on the scene and comments on the scene, working on the problem. Message received. Truck 2, you available for automatic alarm, Truck 2?

ConEd is on scene working to resolve the downed power lines issue.

 If we get CPD out here, we still have no squads on the scene here.

 We got a lot of power lines down on the ground.

Engine 23. If we get CPD out here, we still have no squads on the scene here. We got a lot of power lines down on the ground. We need to control this traffic.

 Yeah, I think they just pulled up right now.

 We're going to need probably a couple more slaps because it's about half of a block of power lines on the street.

Yeah, I think they just pulled up right now. We're going to need probably a couple more slaps because it's about half of a block of power lines on the street. Message received, 23.

Additional police units are needed to manage traffic due to extensive downed power lines.

Yeah, apparently a truck went past this location, hooked onto the wires, snapped the pole in half, and all these power lines are down across several garages, and the pole is into another property on the corner here.

 Like I said, we're blocking the south end, but we're going to need some protection on the north end of this to stop traffic from going through.

Yeah, apparently a truck went past this location, hooked onto the wires, snapped the pole in half, and all these power lines are down across several garages, and the pole is into another property on the corner here. Like I said, we're blocking the south end, but we're going to need some protection on the north end of this to stop traffic from going through. 23, okay, we'll get you, please.

A truck snagged the wires, causing the pole to snap and power lines to fall across several garages, as per firefighters. They are managing traffic nearby.

23 1854 23rd Street. We have a power line pulled down. We have no fire at this location right now, but there's a couple buildings out here, so we're going to need ComEd out here, emergency. Thank you.

23 1854 23rd Street. We have a power line pulled down. We have no fire at this location right now, but there's a couple buildings out here, so we're going to need ComEd out here, emergency. Thank you. 23, okay, we'll get ComEd right away.

Firefighters on scene report a power line is down. They have requested ComEd to respond.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1854 W 23rd St.

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