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UPDATED: More than 3,000 were without power due to large Arlington outage

Power outage map as of 9:15 a.m. (via Dominion)

(Updated at 10:35 a.m.) More than 3,000 Arlington homes and businesses were in the dark this morning due to a large outage.

The outage appeared to be centered around the East Falls Church Metro station, affecting several northwestern Arlington neighborhoods including Westover.

In addition to the 3,042 Dominion customers reported to be without power in Arlington as of 9:15 a.m., another 1,700 were without power in Fairfax County, according to the power company.

So far there’s no word on what caused the outage.

As of 10:30 a.m. power appears to have been restored to all customers.

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