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Thousands Lose Power in Ashburn After Pole Catches Fire Monday
Most customers' service was restored quickly, but some waited until early Tuesday for the lights to come on; lightning is suspected.
The storm that blew threw Northern Virginia Monday night doused 5,240 Ashburn homes and businesses in darkness, according to Dominion Virginia Power, and lightning is the primary suspect.
“There was a pole that caught fire,” said Dominion spokeswoman Le-Ha Anderson. “There was lightning in the area.”
Anderson said that Dominion had replaced the pole and would conduct a full investigation to make sure there was not another cause.
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The outage primarily impacted Ashburn, with a few homes in the Belmont Ridge/W&OD Trail area experiencing the most inconvenience.
“We were able to restore all but about 345 customers within an hour and a half,” she said. “The rest were restored around 4:30 a.m.”
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