ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Power has been restored to nearly all the homes in Annapolis, Maryland that experienced outages on Thursday after a transformer blew.
As of 10:30 p.m., according to the City of Annapolis, nearly all the households have regained power.
Remaining outages are expected to be restored overnight.
According to Baltimore Gas and Electric spokesperson Nick Alexopulos, the outages are attributed to equipment failure that happened around 3:15 p.m., and originally caused more than 72,000 customers to lose electricity.
BGE crews are working to figure out what caused the equipment failure.
"We are fully mobilized and working multiple paths--from crews on the ground to automated distribution equipment--to resolve the issue," Alexopulos said. "We appreciate customers' patience as we address this issue."
Ward 5 Alderman, Brooks Schandelmeier tweeted about the incident saying traffic lights in the area are impacted and urged people to drive with caution during the outage.
Schandelmeier said the City of Annapolis Office of Emergency Management has partially activated the Emergency Operations Center and that residents should refrain from calling 911 unless there is an active emergency.
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There is a massive power outage in Annapolis. The City's Office of Emergency Management just tweeted that a blown transformer is to blame.