Electrical Wires On Fire In Fallston, Officials Report

FALLSTON, MD — Arcing electrical wires led firefighters to the 600 block of Old Fallston Road Thursday night, according to officials. BGE was called to the scene.

The Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company reported its crew was at the scene after 6:30 p.m. People were advised to avoid the area of the incident, which was near Fallston Presbyterian Church.

As of 7:15 p.m., officials reported traffic lights were not functioning due to power outages in the area of Fallston Road/MD 152 at Harford Road and Bel Air Road.

"Please use caution, and [remember that] the intersections should be treated as four-way stops," the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association reported. According to Maryland law, when a traffic light is out, drivers must treat it as a four-way stop, coming to a complete halt.

There were a little more than 50 outages in the area before 7:30 p.m., according to the BGE outage map, which showed fewer than five outages remained after 7:30 p.m.

Photo courtesy of the Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company.