WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A widespread electrical issue shut down the busy Valley Square Shopping Center over the weekend.
Shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Warrington Township Volunteer Fire Company and Warrington Township Police were dispatched to a fire alarm at a business inside the shopping center. Responders quickly found that the complex was having a widespread electrical power problem.
According to fire officials, the outage affected all stores on the Easton Road side, the Valley Square Boulevard side, and the Meridian Complex.
Additional fire departments from Warwick and Warminster were called to the scene to assist with the incident.
When firefighters arrived, PECO was already on site and reported they had additional crews responding to the scene.
Due to the nature of the electrical problem, fire department personnel working with PECO had to gain access to every store and every building to secure the power while PECO worked on the root cause.
“We remained in constant communications with the property management groups of both sections of Valley Square, the Meridian Complex and PECO for the entirety of this event,” fire officials said.
The power was restored to the complex by PECO at approximately 12:30 a.m. At that time, electrical contractors from each property management group began working to restore power to their respective facilities.
As of late morning on Sunday, most businesses were back open for business.
“We appreciate everyone’s understanding during this incident and understand the frustration of having such a large complex affected on a weekend evening,” said fire officials. “We thank all of the property management groups and business owners for working with responders during
the incident. We would also like to thank our mutual aid fire departments for handling other fire incidents in Warrington Township during the incident.”