Truck causes power outage

A very loud bang was heard, then the power went out.

Mainly affecting the Ballan Industrial Estate and parts of Ballan, the power outage occurred last Wednesday 1 February at around 4pm.

This is the third outage to hit the commercial and residential area since 24 December 2022.

Witnesses told the Moorabool News they saw a tipper truck extended into the air at the CFA complex at 128 Ingliston Road, abutting the Industrial Estate.

“Powercor told me they hit live wires and caused an unknown explosion and to avoid the live wires in the area, within 10 metres,” one witness said.

“They said the truck had flipped or the truck was in the air.”

CFA Media told the Moorabool News they understood there was an incident at the CFA Central Highlands training site involving a contractor’s tip truck.

“WorkSafe were notified of the incident and its work is ongoing.

“It’s understood there were no injuries,” the spokesperson said.

The power was restored to the area four hours later at 8.21pm.