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January 11, 2008

Lincoln Mall main buildings lose power after lightning hit

LINCOLN -- Lincoln Mall's main buildings lost power at about 8 a.m. today after lightning struck a utility pole at the front of the property and burned out a main transformer.

Mall manager Donna Begin said maintenance crews had been at the mall, which is on George Washington Highway, all day installing temporary generators and were working to replace the ruined transformer.

She said the lightning struck the utility pole at the front of the property and the energy passed through power lines leading to the mall's main building.

Temporary generators restored power to a Stop & Shop supermarket that is part of the mall campus. And some emergency systems in the main buildings were also back on line through use of temporary generators.

The smaller buildings had their own power.

Begin said the hope is to have power restored by about 8:30 tonight.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer John Hill

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:39 PM | Permalink

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