PG&E crews are making emergency repairs to a damaged power pole along eastbound I-780 in Vallejo Tuesday that is threatening to drop live wires across all lanes of the freeway, city officials said.
The City of Vallejo X account posted about the accompanying outage and emergency electrical work shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday evening. The post said the power pole was along the eastbound side of I-780 near Laurel Street had suffered damage to its cross arm and was at “high risk for complete failure.”
Officials did not say how the power pole sustained damage, but the issue arose during a high wind advisory that is in effect for much of the Bay Area .
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