Section of KY 139 closed by utility pole fire

A portion of Kentucky 139 in Caldwell County had to be closed for several hours Thursday night when a utility pole caught fire.

Around 5:15 Thursday evening, emergency personnel said a caller reported a utility pole was on fire near Blue Springs Road just north of the I-24 ramps.

KY 139 reopened to traffic around 11:00 p.m. Pennyrile Electric officials reported over 300 customers were affected by an outage from the fire.