Tree Down Blocks Highway 299 at Big French Creek Road, Power Pole Damaged

AI SUMMARY: At 9:17 am, a tree fell across a power pole at the intersection of Highway 299 and Big French Creek Road. The tree was off the roadway on the side of a hill. The California Highway Patrol contacted the Trinity County Sheriff's Office, who will send firefighters to the scene and notify PG&E about the situation.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 9:25 a.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


9:17 a.m.
[6] TREE DOWN ACROSS POWER POLE
9:17 a.m.
[7] OFF RDWY / ON SIDE OF HILL
9:22 a.m.
[14] 1039 TRIN SO // WILL SEND FIRE AND ADVD THIS AREA IS PGandE
9:25 a.m.
[16] 1039 PGandE // WILL CALL BACK W/ETA
9:40 a.m.
[17] PER PGandE 60 MIN ETA

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