Jul 4, 2008 9:35 am US/Pacific
Power Pole Fire Causes Outages For SF Customers
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ―
A fire on a power pole in San Francisco's Mission District Friday morning left 235 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers without electricity, a company spokesman said.
The outage was reported at 5:55 a.m. after the pole caught fire, PG&E spokesman J.D. Guidi said.
The San Francisco Fire Department responded to several fires on power poles Friday morning, the first in the 3900 block of Cesar Chavez Street at about 5:20 a.m. and the second at Hyde and Filbert streets just before 7 a.m., a dispatcher said.
No injuries were reported.
Dew on the power lines is believed to have started the fires, according to the dispatcher.
PG&E customers in the Mission District are expected to have their power restored at about 3 p.m. Friday, Guidi said.
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