KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Two broken power poles discovered on Friday night led to power outages in Lower Lake and Kelseyville, with an extended road closure of Gaddy Court due to the damaged pole and downed lines.

Shortly after 9:30 p.m. Lake County Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to a report of arcing power lines off of Highway 29 near Spruce Grove Road outside of Lower Lake.

In less than 10 minutes Lake County Fire Chief Willie Sapeta had found an issue with a pole off of Riata Road.

Pacific Gas and Electric reported that an outage affecting 271 people began at 8:55 p.m. in that area, extending down to outside of Hidden Valley Lake.

Repair crews arriving at the scene found a broken power pole in the area, PG&E said. Power is estimated to be restored by 4 a.m.

A few hours later another broken power pole and downed power lines in Kelseyville led to an extended closure of Gaddy Court beginning late Friday night.

Firefighters were first dispatched to the area of State Street and Gaddy Lane near Gaddy Court at around 11:30 p.m. on a report of downed lines and a pole.

Kelseyville Fire Protection District firefighters arrived on the scene minutes later to find a severed pole suspended over the roadway and downed lines, based on radio reports.

Radio reports indicated that incident command requested a county roads crew respond to the area to help manage the extended road closure and also asked PG&E to send a repair crew.

The California Highway Patrol would later report that Gaddy Court would be closed through the night from Blue Court to Clark Drive.

At the same time, PG&E reported a power outage in the area impacting approximately 321 customers which began at 11:30 p.m. Friday.

As of 1:30 a.m., PG&E had confirmed the discovery of a broken power pole but did not give a reason for it nor an estimated time of power restoration.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

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