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Old 10-29-2011, 09:58 AM
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An article in today's Daily Sun, 10/29 section C, says that a failure of an underground power line splice caused the power failure. There was an explosion which blew off a manhole cover. This was near the intersection of Gayle Mill Drive and Odell Circle, Village of Mallory, about 4:30pm on Thursday.

Also, on the RadioReference web site they list a trauma situation requiring an air medivac around 4:45pm Thursday. This type of response would have required 2 fire engines and at least an ambulance.


So my best educated guess is what folks saw was actually emergency services responding to both emergencies that happened within minutes of each other.