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Power restored for more than 900 customers in downtown Wilmington

WECT · last updated

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) — Over 600 customers are currently without power around downtown Wilmington, according to Duke Energy Progress.

The Duke Outage map shows 689 customers are experiencing outages. The map showed the outage was first reported around 3:16 p.m. There were originally 960 reported outages in the downtown area.

More than 900 customers without power(Duke Energy Progress)

Per a text from a Duke Energy customer, the outage was caused by the fire in downtown Wilmington. The text confirms that at one point 2394 customers were impacted.

Duke Energy says the cause of the outage is unknown at this time.

Power is estimated to be restored at about 6:30 p.m.

The Duke Energy Progress outage map can be viewed here.

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