Homes without power around Mildura after car hits power pole

More than 3,360 homes and businesses are without power around Mildura, in Victoria's north-west, after a car hit a power pole.Paramedics attended the crash at McEdward Street, Birdwoodton shortly after 6:30am this morning and took one woman to Mildura Hospital.The collision caused a power surge and set off a number of automatic fire alarms in Mildura and surrounding areas.Powercor spokesperson Jordan Oliver said the crash impacted "a feeder" or a major powerline.He said it was "essentially one of the major backbone powerlines from Merbein coming into parts of Mildura"."Around 2,700 customers [were] impacted on that feeder and that includes homes, businesses ... and a lot of properties [with] automated alarm systems will be triggering due to a loss of mains power supply," he said.Power is expected to be restored about 5:30pm.