RTC news has learnt that at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 08, 2011, PPC Ltd received a report that 2 utility poles located opposite the Power Plant on Leeward Highway were on fire.

The fire caused intermittent outages to occur throughout Providenciales from 2:00a.m until 11:45 a.m. Service was restored to all affected areas by 11:45 a.m. on the same day.   Given PPC’s initial assessment, an official report has been filed with the TCI Royal Police Force and their CID team is currently investigating the matter.

In a brief statement to RTC News, PPC Ltd issued apologises for any inconvenience caused to its customers and stated they will updating everyone accordingly once they have more information on the matter.