Manhole Problem Sparks Outages in Pondside, Hyde Square

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An equipment failure beneath Moraine Street caused power outages in the surrounding area Monday night into Tuesday.

Rhiannon D'Angelo of the utility Eversource said the problem took place about 9 p.m. Monday. At its peak, more than 350 customers lost power, she said. Half of those had power restored within two hours.

Resident Alex Carson Tweeted, "smells like straight up bbq over here."

Eversource maintains an outage map which allows customers also to report power cuts.

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