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Large power outage reported in Falls Church and parts of Arlington

Power outage map 4/5/23 (via Dominion)

(Updated at 10:40 a.m.) A power outage left much of Falls Church, big parts of western Arlington, and a small portion of Fairfax County in the dark this morning.

More than 5,500 Dominion customers are without power, the utility company reported on its website. As of 9:15 a.m., 2,165 customers in Arlington — including parts of the East Falls Church, Leeway Overlee and Madison Manor neighborhoods — were affected. That includes nearly all of the Langston Blvd corridor west of N. Harrison Street.

More than 3,000 customers in Falls Church were also without power.

On its website, Dominion listed “circuit out” as the cause of the outage.

Shortly after 9:30 a.m., the power company’s outage map was updated to show that the outage was down to just over 1,200 customers, with a few hundred in Arlington and the rest in Falls Church.

The outage may be linked to a reported electrical line fire and transformer explosion in the City of Falls Church. A tipster sent the following photo showing the line on fire.

Electrical line on fire in Falls Church (photo courtesy anonymous)

Hat tip to @tweedyBard

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