Updates as of 01:41:40 -0500 and 02:58:11 -0500: "We have two (2) 288 cables that were burnt through in this National Grid enclosure. National Grid has informed us that there is an exposed high tension power line in this enclosure and there will no access granted in the near future. National Grid has deemed this manhole unsafe at this time. Lightower is working on an alternate solution that will re-route fibers around the affected man hole. NO ETTR at this time." My initial outage time was exactly 18:58:54 EST on two circuits. On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 08:49:16PM -0500, Chuck Anderson via Outages wrote:
We lost several dark fiber circuits out of Lightower in Worcester, MA. There is a manhole fire down the street at Main St. & Highland St. that is most likely the cause. Smoke is billowing out of several manholes. NGrid, NStar, police & fire are on the scene. Lightower has dispatched techs. No ETR yet.
One other of my circuits that leaves the building via a diverse path is still up luckily, or we'd be off the net entirely.