Updated at 10:31 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tree trimming triggers Hale'iwa outage, truck fire
Advertiser Staff
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In addition to an electrical power outage, this morning's tree-trimming accident touched off a vehicular fire, which firefighters quickly extinguished.
JAMIE DeMATOFF, HIGHSURFWARNING.COM
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Firefighters douse the fire. Electricity was restored to many HECO customers by midday, but there were reports that some customers were without power until mid-afternoon.
JAMIE DeMATOFF, HIGHSURFWARNING.COM
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A tree trimmer this morning caused a tree to fall on a power line, which resulted in about 880 Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. customers in the Hale'iwa area losing service at about 10:45 a.m., HECO officials said.
Service was restored to most of the customers with one hour, HECO officials said.
The trimming incident also touched off a truck fire, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
