Downed Power Lines Cause Brush Fire, Cold Houses

January 9, 2010

Downed power lines started a small brush fire and left many Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers in the cold early Saturday morning.

The power lines were reported down at 4:22 on Tungoil Road, located between Highway 97 and South Highway 99 in Walnut Hill. The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue was dispatched to small brush fire at that time.

The resulting power outage left an unknown number of EREC customers without power for a few hours — leaving many without heat on a morning where the mercury dipped into the mid-teens.

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One Response to “Downed Power Lines Cause Brush Fire, Cold Houses”

  1. Angi on January 9th, 2010 11:32 am

    I’m assuming that the cold weather is popping the electric lines, I do hope that EREC was able to get the power back up as quick as possible; because it is too cold to be doing without any kind of heat…

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