By Tanya Steele
1600 customers lost power in the Dandenong Ranges this week when a power line snapped in a residential area.
The powerline snapped in Upwey during the late morning and dropped power to the area, with some customers losing power for the rest of the day.
Asunet said that a fallen tree damaged a power pole and brought down powerlines at 11.23am on Thursday 11 July, originally cutting power to around 1,600 customers.
Two CFA units responded to reports of a fire on Glenfern Avenue at around at 11.26am.
Units responded from Belgrave and Upwey and crews discovered a single high-voltage line had snapped on one of the poles and brought the pole line down onto the road.
“There was no fire,” a CFA media spokesperson said.
“The incident was deemed safe by crews at 11.40am and Victoria Police and Ausnet were handed control of the scene.”
An Ausnet spokesperson said power was gradually restored, with around 100 customers still without power.
Ausnet crew remained on site to isolate the site, make it safe and restore power.
“We advise customers to check the Outage Tracker (outagetracker.com.au) for updates, and thank them for their patience as we repair the network,” said an Ausnet spokesperson.
Power was fully restored to the area by 8pm that evening.
