Power Outage on Highland Ave Near Elm St Arlington Heights, IL — Utility Pole, Transformer Fire

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VIDEO: Firefighters extinguish a utility pole fire in the backyard of a home on Highland Avenue near Elm Street in Arlington Heights.

Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:45 PM Sunday to a report of a utility pole and transformer on fire in the block of 900 North Highland Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a utility pole was on fire in a backyard.

Firefighters confirmed that the top of a utility pole was on fire near a transformer, and requested ComEd to the scene.

ComEd responded to the scene within about 10 minutes. Com Ed cut the power about 9:15 p.m. so firefighters could extinguish the pole fire with water from an 1-1/2 hose line.

The ComEd outage map reported that 5 customers were without power, but the block looked as though at least 10-20 households were without power. After further assessment, ComEd report updated the outage to include 32 customers.

Estimated restoration time is 1:00 a.m., which was updated to a restoration time of 11:45 p.m. by about 10:00 p.m.

LIVE TRAFFIC MAP of neighborhood of a utility pole and transformer fire in the block of 900 North Highland Avenue Arlington Heights, IL …


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