Poor weather may have kept many people from heading outdoors today, but Newfoundland Power crews were hopping this afternoon following a number of incidents around the metro area.
NF Power shared an eye-opening photo of a damaged pole, which affected power to parts of Mount Pearl and Paradise this afternoon.
A vehicle reportedly struck the utility pole, snapping it off mid-way.
Stay safe out there. Our crews are making repairs after a vehicle struck a utility pole in Donavan’s Industrial Park. Most customers in the area will experience just momentary outages. Check our outage page for updates: https://t.co/p4qEgjaQpH #ThinkSafeLiveSafe pic.twitter.com/aVX1QVKo6p
— Newfoundland Power (@NFPower) November 29, 2019
The bottom half was knocked to the side, leaving just the top portion suspended in mid-air.
In that incident, callers to VOCM News indicate power was quickly restored to their neighbourhoods.
NL Power crews are working on getting power restored in the area of Keith Drive in the Goulds.
A pole caught fire, knocking out power in the surrounding area.
No word on when power will be restored yet. #nltraffic pic.twitter.com/0grJexLkwe
— Victoria Battcock (@VicBattcockVOCM) November 29, 2019
Meanwhile, another team was sent out to investigate a pole fire in the Goulds.
Technicians were called to the area of Keith Drive at around 3 p.m. to reports that a fire had broken out on a pole in a residential area.
In that case, the fire was quickly extinguished in the wet conditions. Soon after, power was restored.
