Power outage prompts closures at Pastore Complex

The Pastore Complex in Cranston lost power Tuesday morning leading to closures and changes at several state agencies throughout the day.

The Cranston DMV was closed as a result of the outage. Dr. Donna McCaffrey was one of several aggravated people to show unaware of the situation.

"I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I have stage four cancer and if you can see my foot I can hardly walk,” said McCaffrey. "I have to get an identification from them so that I can prove that I have lived in Rhode Island for all of these years and to get my homestead allotment from the town of Johnston even though I have lived there in the same house as my primary residence for 30 years. I need this ID."

The Department of Labor and Training also experiencing some closures as a result of the outage. All walk in appointments and hearings for TDI, TCI and unemployment benefits were canceled for the day.

The whole complex at the ACI was once again impacted. They were forced to change they way they go about their daily operations. All visits were canceled and certain facilities placed on lockdown.

"It can get pretty dangerous with several hundred inmates out. It makes it difficult for us to be able to get control of the situation,” said the President of the Rhode Island brotherhood of correctional officers Richard Ferruccio.

Power was restored late Tuesday afternoon.

Officials tell us they believe it was caused by a short in an underground wire at the complex.

With the problem now fixed they expect everything to be back to normal on Wednesday.

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