New Orleans Police investigating threat made against Entergy crew restoring power in French Quarter
By Metia Carroll
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NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating after an individual reportedly threatened Entergy crews working to restore power in the French Quarter following a transformer explosion.
Entergy issued the following statement:
“Power has been restored. Overnight, Entergy crews responded to an outage impacting approximately 900 customers in the French Quarter. Cause is under investigation, believed related to a fire beneath an underground vault.
“While responding to the outage, Entergy crews were menaced by an individual threatening to shoot our lineman with a gun— delaying resolution of the incident. NOPD has been notified and is on the scene.”
New Orleans Police issued the following statement on the threat:
“NOPD was notified that a call was made to Entergy’s call center during which a threat was made. NOPD is working with Entergy to investigate the matter.”
Police say they were notified around 10:36 p.m. that an underground electrical transformer exploded near the intersection of Conti and Bourbon streets, resulting in a fire in the roadway.
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