HOBOKEN, N.J. — More than 15,000 people were without power in New Jersey Monday night, with video showing a transformer explosion in Hoboken.
#Hoboken @PSEG #MaxwellPlace @CityofHoboken
Video: pic.twitter.com/DUC9HUU9Vq— Suzanne Preston (@BidenPatient) February 16, 2021
The scene was caught on cellphone video by Suzanne Preston, who captured both the transformer explosion as well as a live wire sparking in the street.
#Hoboken
More footage of live wire: pic.twitter.com/ARVlEDKWFe— Suzanne Preston (@BidenPatient) February 16, 2021
More than 30,000 New Jerseyans were without power Monday evening, though by late Monday night, power had been restored to almost all affected customers, Hoboken officials said.
“Power has been fully restored in Hoboken,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla wrote on Twitter just before 11 p.m.
Not all of the reported outages were necessarily related to this one incident.
Due to a transformer outage, portions of Hoboken north of 7th Street may be without power. Emergency personnel are on site, @PSEGdelivers is en route and will be evaluating a time frame for repair.
— City of Hoboken (@CityofHoboken) February 16, 2021
More power outages are possible as a winter storm makes its way through the area, seemingly unrelated to Monday night’s transformer emergency.
