YORK -
East Market Street was more backed up than usual this Monday afternoon.
"I've been sitting here for 10 minutes," Pat Gillespie said from behind the wheel of his SUV. "I paid for monthly parking, and I can't get there. I had to pay the meter all day," he said.
Gillespie couldn't get to his parking spot because Market Street was closed from George to Queen Streets while Met-Ed repair crews worked on an underground power line and transformer.
A fire broke out in the power line around 12:30 Monday morning, Met-Ed spokesman Terry Gilman said. Firefighters quickly put out the fire, leaving scorched manhole covers as the only indication of the underground blaze.
Repair crews needed to close two blocks of Market Street and two blocks of Duke Street to make the necessary repairs.
"We apologize to the customers and to the people of York, but in order to make these repairs that's what we need to do," Gilman said.
He said the fire itself did not knock out power to any customers, but the fix requires five customers to be temporarily disconnected. Two of those customers are empty buildings, the others are law offices, Gilman said.
One lane of Market Street had re-opened to traffic around 4 p.m. Monday. Gilman expected repairs to be completed by 6 p.m.
"I've been sitting here for 10 minutes," Pat Gillespie said from behind the wheel of his SUV. "I paid for monthly parking, and I can't get there. I had to pay the meter all day," he said.
Gillespie couldn't get to his parking spot because Market Street was closed from George to Queen Streets while Met-Ed repair crews worked on an underground power line and transformer.
A fire broke out in the power line around 12:30 Monday morning, Met-Ed spokesman Terry Gilman said. Firefighters quickly put out the fire, leaving scorched manhole covers as the only indication of the underground blaze.
Repair crews needed to close two blocks of Market Street and two blocks of Duke Street to make the necessary repairs.
"We apologize to the customers and to the people of York, but in order to make these repairs that's what we need to do," Gilman said.
He said the fire itself did not knock out power to any customers, but the fix requires five customers to be temporarily disconnected. Two of those customers are empty buildings, the others are law offices, Gilman said.
One lane of Market Street had re-opened to traffic around 4 p.m. Monday. Gilman expected repairs to be completed by 6 p.m.
