{"id":485897,"date":"2026-02-23T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/485897\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:52:07","slug":"northfield-melted-road-shows-danger-of-downed-wires-fire-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/485897\/","title":{"rendered":"Northfield melted road shows danger of downed wires, fire officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A downed wire off Tilton Road in Northfield sparked a fire that melted the asphalt during Sunday night&#8217;s snowstorm, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we often warn about the dangers of downed electrical wires, last evening\u2019s incident helps put the hazard into perspective,&#8221; the Northfield Volunteer Fire Company wrote on its Facebook page. &#8220;The downed primary wires generated enough heat and energy to melt the asphalt, causing the roadway to burn and deform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The road is not the only danger, the post notes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Electricity can and will travel through the ground and kill a person \u2014 especially when aided by snow and road salt \u2014 and may extend more than 100 feet from the downed wires,&#8221; the post warned.<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic County placed traffic barrels to warn motorists of the affected area where the guide wires melted into the roadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crews were expected to try to level the surface Monday morning to prevent damage to vehicles. Road restrictions remain in effect until at least noon.<\/p>\n<p>People are warned to stay away from down wires and report any immediately to 911.<\/p>\n<p>Walking or driving over them can be deadly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A downed wire off Tilton Road in Northfield sparked a fire that melted the asphalt during Sunday night&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-485897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}