Transformer failures cut power to 3,000-resident borough
PITCAIRN (AP) – A trio of transformer explosions has cut power to nearly all of a suburban Pittsburgh borough’s 3,000 residents.
Pitcairn is about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh and lost power about 3 a.m. Thursday.
Although Duquesne Light supplies electricity to Pitcairn, a borough-run company distributes it to residents. Duquesne Light hoped to restore the electrical supply to Pitcairn by 8 a.m. but it was unclear how long it might take the borough to supply that power to its residents.
The outage comes at a bad time, weather-wise. Early-morning temperatures were in the low double-digits, with wind chills in the minus single digits.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the transformers to fail.
A warming center has been set up at a local volunteer fire hall.