Power back on for over a thousand people across Mahoning, Trumbull counties

MAHONING & TRUMBULL COUNTY — More than a thousand people across Mahoning and Trumbull counties faced power outages Tuesday afternoon.

It is unclear what may have caused the outage but 1,650 were without power in Mahoning County by 2 p.m., according to the First Energy Outage Map.

A dispatcher with Austintown Police told 21 News that a couple of traffic lights were affected by the outage: The intersection of Mahoning Avenue and Wilcox Road, and the light situated at the Austintown Walmart Supercenter entrance off of Mahoning Avenue.

Meanwhile in Trumbull County, at about 3:30 p.m. 1,248 customers were without power— most of the outages were in Weathersfield Township, where 929 customers were without power.

Brookfield Township reported 143 outages, Hubbard Township reported 78 and Vienna Township reported 60.

It is unclear what may have caused the outages but according to Austintown Dispatch and the outage map, crews were investigating. 21 News has reached out to First Energy about the cause but has not heard back.

Some local businesses in Austintown were also affected by the outage. Carl’s Towing, at the corner of North Turner Road and Mahoning Avenue told 21 News they lost power at noon.

Businesses within the Austintown Plaza, located off of Mahoning Avenue and Fitch Boulevard, said they were not experiencing any issues at the time of the outage. The Antonine Village senior care facility in North Jackson told 21 News that they were temporarily out of power for a couple of hours.

According to the First Energy Outage Map, power is restored to most of those affected in both Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

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