Power outage due to smoking manhole prompts grid shutdown


A power outage occurred due to a manhole cover that started smoking. The power grid was shut down to allow repairs, and emergency crews are monitoring the situation and keeping people away from the area.
Audio|Source: Dane County Fire, Sun Prairie Police and Fire
02:26
Transcript:
Just talking with MG&E, we do have a plan in place, but we are going to be shutting down a power grid for the city. So there's going to be power outages from... There's going to be power outages. We're going to shut down the power from West Washington Street and probably boom to... shut down that grid so they can stop the power going to that vault, and then they need to get in there to do the repairs in that vault. I'm sorry, (name withheld), shutting down the grid from Westwash to Langdon and Broom deferred. And also, MPD Unit 1237 is going to be calling your cell phone soon. The car is cell phone. Copy. minute four. Go ahead, medic for. We got a manhole cover by the Blue House on the crossing of North Bloom and West Wash starting to smoke. Okay, copies. Just do clear of it, keep people away from it, please. Oh, (name withheld), we'll do. ComCenter copies them all. The alarm just set off by a power outage in which you were available. I'll just put you back on the other call. Copy. From the ComCenter. Happy Orange, Command advises MG is going to shut down power on a grid from West Washington, Langdon, and Broom to Fairchild. I imagine somewhere in between there and it coming back on will get a few calls. I'll try to get Command to commit as many companies as they can to that, but just so you're aware.
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Location mentioned:
N Broom St & W Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703
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