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Plum power outage caused by transformer fire, Duquesne Light Company says

By Sierra Rehm, WPXI.com

UTILITY POLE FILE footage of snow on a utility pole (pixabay.com)

By Sierra Rehm, WPXI.com

PLUM, Pa. — Around 1,400 people were without power for about six hours in Plum after a transformer fire early Sunday morning.

Duquesne Light Company says those customers lost power around 4:15 a.m. when a transformer on New Texas Road caught fire. The fire also damaged a utility pole.

The transformer and utility pole have since been replaced.

Duquesne Light says all customers got power back around 10:30 a.m.

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