An Oncor crew is on the scene outside a home on Waterford Street in Irving, where one of their contractor’s cranes almost toppled over onto a house in the gated community overnight.
Tony Harvey with Irving Fire says that “Oncor was working on a transformer located behind the houses on Waterford when the pavement gave way underneath one of the outriggers, causing the crane to settle at a 45-degree angle.”
Up-close shots of the Irving crane toppled over off Waterford Dr. Fire crews say they’re about to begin moving it. Second crane keeping it stable. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/TwwEfPJxUl
— Scott Sidway (@ScottyWK) June 17, 2019
Another crane has been brought into free the disable one. No one was injured and no homes were damage.
Homes in an Irving neighborhood & gated community have been evacuated after a crane to fix a blown transformer nearly toppled over. Second crane now working to stabilize it. More on @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF. pic.twitter.com/e98tClsW12
— Scott Sidway (@ScottyWK) June 17, 2019
Just a little over a week ago a Fort Worth fire truck got stuck as ground beneath it gave way. Tony Harvey with the Irving Fire Department says the saturated ground is cause of concern.
“We’ve had an unprecedented amount of rain over the past couple of months. This saturated, you know the ground is going to swell from the rain and definitely move things around, shift things around. It is definitely something to be cautious of.”
Harvey also warns residents to be alert for the smell gas as pipes and/or “anything underground could shift due to the heavy rains.”
(Copyright 2019 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. This report contains material from the WFAA-TV.)
