Fairhaven Fire Department Press Release
On Monday, 8/15/22, around 6:02 p.m., the Town of Fairhaven sustained a large power outage.
The Fairhaven Fire Department responded to three box alarms during this time when a report of an explosion and fire in the brush near All Trust Credit Union at 123 Alden Road came in.
Engine 3 and Car 1 responded. On arrival, we found an active fire in the brush of an Eversource Electrical right-of-way moving towards containment trailers in the rear of Brownell Trailers.
Crews quickly contained the fire as we awaited Eversource to clear the electrical hazards in the area. Once electrical hazards were cleared, firefighters moved in to extinguish the fire. The fire was declared out at 6:26 p.m. Crews remained on the scene for about 45 minutes overhauling the areas
Eversource quickly restored power to Fairhaven in less than 10 minutes by rerouting power to other grids.
No civilians or firefighters were injured.
The outage was caused by an issue with a switch at a multi-phase electrical pole. Eversource reported a squirrel shorted out two phases at a switch location which caused the blackout in town along with the fire.
There was no structural damage.
EMS mutual aid was received by Mattapoisett Police/EMS for an EMS call during the fire.
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