Drivers on Kentucky 139 South/Cadiz Road had to find another route to get to their destination Thursday night after a portion of the road was closed for several hours.
Caldwell County Fire Chief Brent Francis says about 5:15 Thursday afternoon they received a call about a power pole on fire about 1/2 mile on the Princeton side of I-24 on Cadiz Road at Cook Brother’s grain bins.
click to download audioHe says they had to close the highway until Pennyrile Electric could get to the scene and cut off the power before firefighters could extinguish the fire and replace the pole.
click to download audioAccording to Pennyrile Electric, over 300 customers were affected by an outage caused by the electric pole fire.
Caldwell County Fire Chief Brent Francis says about 5:15 Thursday afternoon they received a call about a power pole on fire about 1/2 mile on the Princeton side of I-24 on Cadiz Road at Cook Brother’s grain bins.
click to download audioHe says they had to close the highway until Pennyrile Electric could get to the scene and cut off the power before firefighters could extinguish the fire and replace the pole.
click to download audioAccording to Pennyrile Electric, over 300 customers were affected by an outage caused by the electric pole fire.
