Transformer Fires Cause 2,000 Naugatuck Residents to Lose Power

Power was restored a couple of hours later.

Posted Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:35 pm ET

About 2,000 Naugatuck residents were left in the dark for a couple of hours Wednesday afternoon after a transformer exploded, the Waterbury Republican-American reported.

The transformer fire occurred around Horton Hill Road near the intersection of New Haven Road. By 2 p.m. power had been restored, the paper reported.

Read the Waterbury Republican-American’s full story here.

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