Crime & Safety

Telephone Pole Fire Causes Street Closure, Power Outage

The street was reopened around 2 p.m.

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BURLINGTON, MA — Cambridge Street was shut down from Birchcrest to Rita and power was cut in the areas, Friday, due to a downed power line and a telephone pole fire. Eversource cut power to nearly 200 customers when the pole, near 120 Cambridge St, caught fire. Power was restored and the road was reopened around 2 p.m.

No other information regarding the cause is available at this time.

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