Power goes out in Downtown Boise again

Mark Reinhardt- Boise Idaho Last night, a White Ball of light has flashed in Downtown Boise, causing the power to go out in certain areas around downtown. Boise police had immediately set up Road Flares for directing traffic in the area.

A local business owner in the area mentioned that this was the second time that the same transformer had blown, causing the power to go out. Describing the scene he said that it looked like the power had gone out for 6 blocks. This has not been the first time that this issue has occurred in the Downtown Area, as Idaho Power has mentioned in Twitter posts,

#Outage affects 431 customers in downtown #Boise. Cause is debris into lines. Crews on scene. Full restoration likely in 30 mins.

— Idaho Power (@idahopower) March 29, 2013

#Boise #outage update: construction crew truck hits pole #downtown, our crews on scene working quickly & safely.

— Idaho Power (@idahopower) April 26, 2013

#Boise #outage update: over 2,100 customers restored. Some #downtown signals out, please be safe, observe 4-way-stop protocol

— Idaho Power (@idahopower) April 26, 2013

The crowd of people itself had continued on about their way, with the flares set up by Police, having ran out.