Residents in Black Lick Township are experiencing a power outage following a brush fire this afternoon.
Indiana County 911 dispatched the Aultman, Blairsville and Black Lick fire departments to a the fire along Clawson Road around 12:55 p.m. Ab Dettorre with the Blairsville Fire Department said a tree fell on a power line and caught fire, however it later burned itself out. REA Energy shut off power shortly after the fire, resulting in a little over 90 percent of customers without power.
Additionally, 72 percent of customers in Burrell Township are without power at this time, along with a handful of customers in Center, Cherryhill and Rayne Townships. REA expects energy to be restored to those areas by 5:30 this evening.
Dettorre adds that fire crews were on scene for approximately 30 minutes.
A second brush fire was reported in Montgomery Township around 1:01 p.m. and it sent Glen Campbell Fire Department to a location along Williams Road.
Fire officials said someone was burning debris in the area but lost control of it, resulting in a 50-by-50 foot area catching fire. Crews quickly controlled the fire and were on scene for approximately 20 minutes.
This marked the 33rd and 34th brush fires reported this year across Indiana County.
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