The dance floor was packed and Taralynn Smelzter was having the time of her life.

That’s when the lights went out.

The 25-year-old newlywed would soon learn that she and her 80 guests were stuck inside Paris Caterers , her wedding venue in Berlin, Camden County.

A utility pole snapped outside, dropping a transformer and live wires onto the wet parking lot.

Guests were trapped in the venue from about 7:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. Saturday when they got the all clear from officials outside that an electrocution threat had been cleared.

“It was upsetting,” said the Maple Shade native who recently relocated to Texas with her husband, Jacob Smeltzer.

It’s unclear why the pole fell. A message sent to Atlantic City Electric wasn’t immediately returned Sunday. Nor were messages left with the

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