MONROE - A large chunk of northside homes in Monroe went without power Tuesday for a few hours starting at about 4:30 a.m. due to a shortcircuit of a transmission line on 14th Avenue.
The area between 11th Avenue and 22nd Avenue and from 6th Street to 3rd Street North did not receive power for a number of hours until Alliant Energy workers fixed the problem. The outage was caused by an overload that short-circuited the system, according to a Monroe Fire Department news release.
MFD Chief Daryl Rausch said the department, the Monroe Police Department and the Green County Sheriff's Department received multiple calls concerning the loss of power. Rausch said at least 23 firefighters assisted at the scene at various locations.
"There were a few areas on 6th Street that still had power, it just depended on where it was," Rausch said.
The original call was for a power line on fire, but Rausch said there was no fire and no significant damage. Several outside locations and six homes were investigated but no one was injured. One person was concerned a home oxygen supply could have been interrupted by the outage, but it was determined there were sufficient reserve tanks of oxygen.
The area between 11th Avenue and 22nd Avenue and from 6th Street to 3rd Street North did not receive power for a number of hours until Alliant Energy workers fixed the problem. The outage was caused by an overload that short-circuited the system, according to a Monroe Fire Department news release.
MFD Chief Daryl Rausch said the department, the Monroe Police Department and the Green County Sheriff's Department received multiple calls concerning the loss of power. Rausch said at least 23 firefighters assisted at the scene at various locations.
"There were a few areas on 6th Street that still had power, it just depended on where it was," Rausch said.
The original call was for a power line on fire, but Rausch said there was no fire and no significant damage. Several outside locations and six homes were investigated but no one was injured. One person was concerned a home oxygen supply could have been interrupted by the outage, but it was determined there were sufficient reserve tanks of oxygen.