Traffic lanes reopen after transformer fire closes Rockland’s Payne Avenue at Park Street
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Photo courtesy Orman Frankenhouser
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Photo courtesy Orman Frankenhouser
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Photo courtesy Orman Frankenhouser
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Photo courtesy Orman Frankenhouser
ROCKLAND — A transformer fire in Rockland might be the cause of power outages in nearby Thomaston, Thursday, April 13.
At 5:10 p.m., Rockland Fire Department was alerted to a transformer on fire outside Maritime Energy on Park Street. The flames from the top of the utility pole also dropped sparks to the ground.
Fire trucks were used to close a portion of road between Park Street and Payne Avenue while firefighters waited for Central Maine Power linesmen to arrive. The first arriving linesman used a bucket ladder to ascend to the top of the pole and sprayed the flames with a fire extinguisher. At that time, the persistent flames resisted. A second arriving linesman then ascended from a different angle and smothered the flames with a different extinguisher.
While the fire occurred, there were reports of power outages in the vicinity of the Walmart intersection in Thomaston.
All firefighters returned to their station at 6:20 p.m.
