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Fence Crew Severs Underground Wire Causing Brief
Power Outage for 1,726 National Grid Customers in Lowville Area
Published: July 13, 2021 at
11:00 a.m.
By: Nick
Altmire
 Lowville, NY- Approximately
1,726 National Grid customers in the Lowville area experienced a brief
power outage this morning, after a fence crew working at the Lowville VFW
severed an underground wire.
The incident
occurred around 10:10 a.m., causing a power outage in downtown Lowville and
areas west of the village.
Lowville Fire was
dispatched to the Lowville VFW on West State St., with Fire Chief Joe
Austin telling us that a fence crew working at the VFW hit an underground
main wire which tripped the substation.
National Grid was
able to bypass the line after arriving on scene, restoring power for the
1,726 impacted customers around 10:30 a.m.
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