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Sparking powerline causes outage in Launching Place



One Hillcrest CFA unit responded to an incident involving a powerline on Mathers Avenue in Launching Place at around 2.02am on Thursday 25 July.

The incident involved powerlines arcing and sparking and impact with a branch.

The relevant power company were called to the scene.

The incident was deemed under control at 2.24am and safe at around 2.44am.

According to Ausnet’s outage tracker, the outage is still under investigation with crews delayed in arriving at the site.

82 Ausnet customers are affected by the outage.

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