A Lengthy Island snowplow crashed right into a utility pole throughout a winter-storm cleanup Sunday — leaving a whole lot of individuals with out energy and an ice rink on fireplace.
The accident occurred in Kings Park round 8 a.m. and despatched dwell wires falling to the bottom and the picket pole leaning over at a 45-degree angle, in response to Information 12 Lengthy Island.
About 650 folks immediately misplaced energy.
And within the close by Tremendous Ice Rink, the wreck and energy loss sparked a hearth in its basement.
Flames unfold to the primary ground, and the place needed to be evacuated earlier than the hearth was put out.
No injures had been reported from the hearth.
“We had been on the brink of begin the day when the ability went out actually fast,” native Mike Belling informed the outlet.
“Then we heard the sirens, a number of horns and vehicles one after one other from the hearth division,” he added.
The highway was closed all through the morning as crews made repairs.
Many of the households have had their energy restored.
Lengthy Island noticed upwards of 5 inches of snow over the weekend.
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