Two men have been transferred to hospital suffering from burns after a switchboard explosion at Panthers Port Macquarie.
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Emergency services including NSW Ambulance and Fire and Rescue NSW were called to the incident at 7.30am on Monday, December 9.
A spokesperson from NSW Ambulance said a 56-year-old man was treated for burns to the right side of his body, including face, arm and leg.
The spokesperson said a 39-year-old man had first and second degree burns to his face.
The men were treated at the scene by paramedics before being transferred to Port Macquarie Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Meanwhile a spokesperson from Essential Energy said there is an unplanned outage affecting over 3000 customers.
Crews were dispatched early this morning and are working on the fault, but at this stage there is not a restoration time.
