March 2, 2018
More than 900 Ergon Energy customers in the Kingaroy area were left without power when a tree branch severed multiple powerlines in River Road on Friday.
The large branch fell suddenly just after noon in still, hot weather.
On February 14, a similar incident in the same spot during a storm damaged high and low voltage powerlines, causing an eight-hour blackout.
Friday’s blackout was of shorter duration – about seven hours – but disrupted businesses in the Kingaroy Industrial Estate, nearby houses and eastern parts of the CBD.
Ergon Energy crews, firefighters and police were quickly on the scene.
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