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Thousands Lose Power In Bridgeport, Stratford

Hundreds of Fairfield County residents woke up on Tuesday morning to find that the power had gone out overnight.

The United Illuminating outage map.

The United Illuminating outage map.

Photo Credit: United Illuminating

Outages were reported in the area between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. - namely in Bridgeport, Stratford and New Haven - impacting more than 2,000 United Illuminating customers.

As of 8:30 a.m., 471 Bridgeport residents remained without power - after more than 500 were in the dark earlier - and nearly a dozen Stratford residents were still waiting for restoration, down from nearly 2,000 at its peak.

No cause was provided for the outages. Complete power restoration is scheduled to between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

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