Daily News | Wildwood hit with power outages, down traffic lights due to electric station fire
A fire broke out at an electric substation in Wildwood on Friday and caused an island-wide power outage ahead of a peak season shore weekend, police said Friday.
The Wildwood Wood Police Department said traffic lights are down as of 1 p.m. and urged drivers to use caution.outage tracker . The company estimated power wouldn’t be restored until at least this evening as temperatures reached the low-80s on Friday afternoon.Wildwood police and fire officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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