Eversource Power Surge Causes Fires In Waltham: City Officials

WALTHAM, MA — A power surge sparked multiple fires and affected traffic signals in Waltham throughout the day on Monday, city officials said.

In a message on its website, Waltham said local fire officials responded to "reports of multiple fires" due to the surge. Street signals and traffic signals were also impacted and, as of Monday, officials said "may be out for some time."

As of Tuesday morning the Eversource outage map shows no power outages for Waltham customers.

According to an NBC10 report, Eversource said about 6,000 customers lost electricity on Monday due to the surge.

"The bottom line today is making sure we do have a significant number of people out here, taking a look at all of the infrastructure to make sure it is safe," Chris McKinnon, with Eversource, said in a statement to NBC10.

"We have extra crews on scene, we have electricians that are going door to door right now to inspect their equipment inside their own home. On the other end of things, we're also checking all of our electric infrastructure to see if we can determine and get to the bottom of exactly what caused this earlier this morning."