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Update: Tree Downs Wires, Burns Route 17 Pavement

UPDATE: Southbound Route 17 remained closed temporarily after a transformer fire downed wires and burned a portion of the roadway Wednesday night in Waldwick.

Just off Route 17 in Waldwick.

Just off Route 17 in Waldwick.

Photo Credit: DAILY VOICE photos

Police initially closed the highway north at Allendale Road and south at Cameron Road around 9:15 p.m.

Several area power outages were reported.

Police, firefighters and the state Department of Transportation responded.

The northbound side was reopened shortly before 10:30 p.m., but the southbound side remained closed while things cooled off and a hole could be patched.

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