MANCHESTER, NH – Guide wires and a utility pole were struck on East Industrial Park Drive Sept. 6 at around 9:30 a.m., knocking out power to nearly 5,000 businesses and residences in the city.
No injuries were reported.
It appears the power outage from the utility pole also caused a minor transformer fire.
Power was reportedly out on East Industrial Park Drive, from Candia Road/Mammoth Road intersection easterly to Candia Road/ Londonderry Turnpike Traffic Circle (Sandy’s Variety). As of 12: 45 there were still about 70 outages still on the Eversource outage map.
Police were conducting traffic control at the scene.
