Power Restored Tuesday Night to More Than 2,500 Homes in Alexandria

Dominion outage map shows area where outages occurred Tuesday night. In addition to this area, there are a few other areas in Alexandria that also experienced outages.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA -- According to Dominion Virginia Power, more than 2,500 homes were without power Tuesday night in Alexandria. As of about 8:45 p.m., power had been restored.

The Alexandria Police said on social media the outage was due to a blown transformer.

In all, 2,617 homes were without power as of about 7:30 p.m. Most of the outages fell along both sides of Duke Street, from just past Wheeler Avenue to S. Payne Street in Old Town.

A Dominion spokesman noted that power was out for one hour and eight minutes due to equipment failure.