September 27, 2009

Quiet Weekend - Minus that one Explosion

It's been a very quiet Saturday and Sunday night, but I just ran out to Pawtucket and Fletcher streets to check out an accident.

It didn't look like the accident was anything deadly, but I heard from police at the scene that a utility pole fire had led to a heck of an explosion a little earlier in the night when a pole with three transformers on it caught fire on Pawtucket between Merrimack Street and University Avenue.

I guess all three of them burst and threw of a bunch of sparks.

The power outage that resulted seems pretty localized. The light is out at Pawtucket and University, and the houses around that area are out, but that appears to be just about it.

National Grid's website says they've got 84 customers currently without power in Lowell.

| No Comments

Leave a comment



About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Rob Mills published on September 27, 2009 8:10 PM.

Quiet Night was the previous entry in this blog.

Death Investigation is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.