More than 1,200 homes in Enfield and hundreds in Ledyard were in the dark Wednesday night while crews race to repair equipment malfunctions that took out two substations feeding the grids, according to Connecticut Light & Power.
The lights went out first in Ledyard as 43 percent of the population went dark around 7 p.m. Wednesday. According to the CL&P, the outages affected some 2,888 of the town's 6,660 customers.
By 10 p.m., the lights were back on for most, but more than 450 homes remained without power. A representative for CL&P said maintenance crews were working diligently and expected to have electricity fully restored by midnight.
According to the police department, the power problems triggered a siren at the Dow Chemical Company in the Gales Ferry section of town earlier Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, in Enfield, 1,238 houses lost power because of a similar issue, according to CL&P. A power company spokesman said the Enfield malfunction was a quicker fix and that everything should be up and running by 11 p.m.
Enfield Town Manager Matthew Coppler tweeted that the outages were concentrated in the area of Shaker Pines and Moody Road.
It's not clear what caused the problems. CL&P couldn't say whether tonight's single-digit temperatures played a part.
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