Power back on in Akron following electrical vault fire on West Mill Street
Published: Apr. 24, 2022 at 8:41 PM EDT
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Power has been restored in downtown Akron after an underground electrical vault fire on W. Mill St. that occurred Sunday Evening.
According to FirstEnergy, the outage was caused by an issue with an underground streetlight connection that caught underground power lines on fire.
There were around 250 FirstEnergy customers without power at its peak.
Power was restored just before 11 pm.
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