Basketball games were abandoned at Sunbury’s Boardman Reserve on Wednesday night after fallen powerline caused a small fire outside the stadium.
Police and the CFA were called shortly after 6pm after reports of a blaze near a power pole which had been hit by a car earlier in the evening.
A CFA spokesman said they found a high-voltage line, which had come loose and fallen onto a metal box, was arcing out, causing a lengthy power outage to large sections of Sunbury and as far as Clarkefield and Diggers Rest.
The fire was out by the time firefighters arrived.
Police directed traffic out of the reserve while electricity contractors carried out repairs.
