Springfield police reported a power outage at 5:04 a.m. Saturday in the city's East Forest Park neighborhood. An officer reported seeing a transformer blow, leading to outages between Allen Street, Plumtree Road and Sumner Avenue.
SPRINGFIELD -- Authorities were at the scene of a power outage reported around 5 a.m. Saturday in Springfield's East Forest Park neighborhood, where police said several city streets and traffic lights went dark after an apparent transformer malfunctioned.
Officials from Western Massachusetts Electric Co. were en route to the scene just minutes after a transformer reportedly blew, according to Springfield police, who reported the incident at 5:04 a.m.
"It put on a pretty good light show," an officer said, commenting on the flash and sparks seen coming from a transformer box.
Police reported that the outage appeared to affect an area between Allen Street, Sumner Avenue and Plumtree Road, as well as traffic lights at some key intersections, including Sumner and Allen and Plumtree and Roosevelt Avenue.
Roughly 855 of WMECO's Springfield customers remained without power around 6 a.m., though it was not immediately clear how many of those customers live in East Forest Park.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.