Wenesday, Feb. 14, 2007
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
Hundreds of homes and businesses in Conover lost telephone and Internet service Tuesday after a fire ripped through a vacant home and burned though phone cables hanging nearby, authorities said.
More than 450 customers were left without service Tuesday when the blaze melted seven phone cables, said Tom Matthews, regional media relations manager for Embarq.
Matthews said he expected phone and Internet connections to be restored to all customers Tuesday evening.
The blaze ripped through the vacant home on Old U.S. 70 in Conover shortly before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, said Conover Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Bobby Hedrick. Authorities Tuesday were investigating how the fire started.
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