Utility Pole Caught Fire, Cut Power To Mall

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — A utility pole caught fire Thursday and cut power to the Berkshire Mall.

 

Fire Chief Charlie Durfee said at about 4:30 on Thursday firefighters were called to the Berkshire Mall and found two phases of  the three-phase power system  had popped on the pole. Firefighters extinguished the fire and Eversource was called. 

 

The fire left most of the mall without power forcing the stores to close.

 

"The mall manager was calling the home office to close the mall due to no power," Durfee wrote in an email Thursday evening. "Eversource wasn't sure what happened or how long it would take to fix."

 

The anchor stores were able to open sometime later but the rest of the mall was closed for the evening.