POWER OUTAGE UPDATE 9:25 p.m.: ‘We have not forgotten you’
Thursday, 9:35 p.m.
Marblehead Municipal Light Department shared an update on social media at 9:35 p.m.
“Our crews have been in the field since 3:30 p.m. and are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power to all affected customers. The majority of remaining outages are on the Lafayette circuit, which we currently anticipate restoring by midnight. If you are in one of the outlying outage areas, please know we have not forgotten you. As soon as work on the Lafayette circuit is complete, crews will move directly to those remaining outages.”
The post continues: “We are incredibly grateful to our line crews, customer service team and the mutual aid crews from neighboring communities who answered the call and are working alongside us to restore service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience and support.”
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An update from Marblehead Municipal Light Department, posted to social media:
“Power has now been restored to all customers served by the Humphrey circuits. Approximately 500 customers on the Lafayette circuit and its subsidiaries remain without power. Restoring this circuit will take additional time, as crews must rebuild approximately 1,500 feet of damaged line. If you do not have power at this time, this is likely the main circuit effecting it.”
The update continued: “There are currently six trucks on site, working as quickly and safely as possible to complete repairs. At this time, we anticipate power will be restored to remaining customers before midnight. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding as our crews work to restore service to the remaining customers.”
Earlier, MMLD posted: “We have requested mutual aid from neighboring utilities, and all available crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service.”
Fire Chief Jason Gilliland urged anyone who needs to, to come to an emergency cooling center at the Brown School, where chairs and cots are set up and there is air conditioning.