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Squirrel triggers one M.V. power outage, damaged cable sparks another
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Con Edison crews certainly had
their hands full in Maspeth and
Middle Village on Wednesday
morning, July 25, as they battled two
separate power outages that hit the
neighborhoods.
Just as utility workers were scrambling
to restore electricity to nearly
500 residents in one part of Middle
Village, hundreds more residents lost
their power in nearby Maspeth.
According to a Con Edison spokesperson,
the lights fi rst went out at
about 9 a.m. on July 25 in the area
generally bounded by 62nd Road, 69th
Street, 70th Street and Metropolitan
Avenue.
A preliminary investigation determined
that a squirrel apparently
made contact with a transformer in the
area, triggering the outage and more
than likely zapping the critter out of
existence.
Con Edison crews are on the scene
working to repair the damage and
bring power back to the aff ected area.
According to the Con Edison outage
map, service was expected to be fully
restored on or about 12:30 p.m. on
July 25.
Then, at about 11:06 a.m., the offi ce
of Councilman Robert Holden began
receiving reports of a second, much
larger outage that struck areas of Maspeth
and northern Middle Village. In a
Facebook post, the Councilman’s offi ce
reported that nearly 2,500 customers
lost electricity in an area bounded by
the Long Island Expressway and 62nd
Avenue between 67th and 72nd streets.
It’s not clear what sparked the second
outage, but Holden reported that
Con Edison crews were on the scene
working on the problem. Fortunately,
that outage was resolved at about 11:45
a.m., according to Holden’s offi ce.
A Con Edison spokesperson told
the Ridgewood Times that the second
outage was the result of a feeder cable
being struck and damaged by a private
contractor. The outage lasted approximately
40 minutes, from 10:48 to 11:28
a.m.; the utility was able to restore
customers quickly by rerouting the
power supply through alternate cables
in the area.
Nearly three months ago, Middle
Village was hit with a temporary power
outage due to problems with overhead
wires and transformers serving the area.
Back on May 25, some 500 customers
in the area of Penelope and Furmanville
Avenues, 73rd Place, Metropolitan
Avenue and 78th Street lost power
for several hours that day. Con Edison
indicated that something, possibly a
squirrel, had made contact with overhead
cables on Metropolitan Avenue,
thus triggering the power failure.
A squirrel running on a utility line
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