Electrical fire shuts down Grove City outlets

GROVE CITY, Pa. — The Prime Outlets closed early today after an in-ground electrical fire disrupted sections of the center’s electricity.

The Springfield Township Fire Department was called to the scene of a small, contained fire in an underground electrical box at the mall around 4:30 p.m., a firefighter said.

The fire cut power to some locations within the mall, and prompted mall officials to evacuate and close stores more than four hours early.

The fire snuffed itself out, the firefighter said, without assistance from the department. No one was reported injured.

Workers from Penn Power remain on the scene to resolve the outage, and there was no word on whether the shopping center will resume regular business hours Friday.