Nearly 3,000 homes and businesses were reported to be without power this morning.
Power started flickering across several North Arlington neighborhoods around 9 a.m. A large fire department response was dispatched to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church along N. Glebe Road for a report of a fire, which turned out to be sparks from a tree falling on power lines near the church, according to scanner traffic.
As of 9:30 a.m., Dominion reported 2,925 customers without power from the outage and an estimated restoration time of 12-3 p.m.
As of 11 a.m., the power company was reporting two separate outages in North Arlington neighborhoods, primarily north of Langston Blvd, with a total of 1,878 customers in the dark. Restoration time is now estimated at 4-7 p.m. for the outage centered around the church, and 12-3 p.m. for an outage further east that includes the Cherrydale neighborhood.
The downed tree happened amid gusty winds. Gusts up to 30 mph are expected today.
