Blown transformers take out power for hundreds of customers on Evansville’s west side
Blown transformers take out power for hundreds of customers on Evansville’s west side
Published: Apr. 9, 2023 at 9:31 PM CDT|Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 10:48 PM CDT
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Dispatch confirms several transformers blew out on Evansville’s west side, leaving hundreds of customers without electricity on Sunday night.
Officials say this happened in the area of Barker Avenue on Reitz Hill at around 9:10 p.m.
Dispatch tells 14 News that three or four transformers were blown out in total.
According to the CenterPoint Energy outage map, as many as 340 customers were estimated to have lost power.
Power has been restored.
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