WARREN — Town public safety personnel were dispatched to the scene of a small fire on a utility pole located on Main Street and Sowamsett Avenue just after noontime on Friday, Oct. 25.
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WARREN — Town public safety personnel were dispatched to the scene of a small fire on a utility pole located on Main Street and Sowamsett Avenue just after noontime on Friday, Oct. 25.
The fire actually extinguished itself after members of the Warren Police and Fire Departments arrived on the scene just after 12:25 p.m., according to WPD Lieutenant Christopher Perreault.
Perreault said officers found there were also two electrical wires which had broke free and were lying on the ground. WFD firefighters were at the scene as a precaution.
Perreault said the dislodged wires have caused some outages in the area. Main Street remains open in both directions. Rhode Island Energy was advised of the situation and was expected to arrive shortly to the scene.
WFD Chief Jim Sousa said two "primary lines" came down for an undermined reason.
He added RI Energy was already working to remedy the matter. He said the company estimated power was shortly expected to return to most if not all of the just over 1,900 customers affected by around 2 p.m.