Tuesday, January 6, 2015

UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER EXPLOSIONS ROCK RED BANK, NJ; 260 HOMES LOSE POWER



UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER EXPLOSIONS ROCK RED BANK, NJ; 260 HOMES LOSE POWER


Utility couldn’t estimate when power would be restored.
By Tom Davis (Patch Staff) January 4, 2015 at 9:33pm 

Underground explosions prompted officials to evacuate downtown buildings in Red Bank on Sunday, eyewitnesses said on Twitter.

The explosions occurred in two underground vaults that housed electrical transformers, leaving no one injured, authorities said.

No one was injured in the afternoon blasts that were visible in manholes near Peters Place on Broad Street. Police evacuated three downtown buildings, while about 260 homes and businesses nearby lost power, according to NBC4 in New York.

Utility workers couldn’t estimate when power would be restored, according to NBC4.
The explosions happened in areas where Jersey Central Power and Light equipment is stored; police said there was a lot of smoke in the area, but there were no fires, according to NJ.com.

Broad Street was shut down from Monmouth Street to Reckless Place