Power is out in the Pentagon City area, though it’s not clear why.
The outage, extending a several block radius around the Pentagon City Metro station, started around 2:30-3 p.m. today.
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Just over 7,500 homes and businesses in the Ballston area were without power Sunday evening.
The outage was first reported around 6 p.m. and the exact cause is, so far, unclear.
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More than 3,000 homes and businesses were without power Sunday evening amid continued strong winds.
As of 5:30 p.m., Dominion reported 3,087 customers without power in Arlington County. That number had been growing as gusty winds fell trees and branches around the area.
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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.
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Nearly 5,000 homes and businesses in parts of Arlington are without power this morning.
The outages are primarily affecting neighborhoods along and north of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, according to a Dominion outage map. As of just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, the utility company said 4,866 customers were affected in Arlington.
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More than 6,000 homes and businesses were without power Friday afternoon in the Pentagon City and Crystal City area after a major outage.
The outage started around 1 p.m. There were frequent police and fire dispatches to the area for traffic complaints, numerous elevators stuck with people inside, and a report of smoke and alarms in the Pentagon City mall food court.
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Update at 8:55 p.m. — Dominion is still reporting 663 customers without power in the area, with an updated restoration time range between 11 p.m.-4 a.m. According to an email shared with ARLnow by a local resident, the outage involves burned underground power lines that need to be replaced and tested.
Earlier: Hundreds are without power this morning in the Ballston and Virginia Square area.
Around 2,500 Arlington homes and businesses are without power Saturday afternoon due to a large outage.
The outage spans parts of the Long Branch Creek, Arlington Ridge and Pentagon City neighborhoods, according to a Dominion map. An additional 170 Dominion customers are reportedly without power in Alexandria’s Arlandria neighborhood as of 1:30 p.m.
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Just over 1,200 Dominion customers were without power in Arlington this morning on an exceptionally sweltering day.
The outage affected a far northern section of Arlington — along parts of N. Glebe Road, Military Road and Chesterbrook Road — plus a portion of McLean. It followed reports of an arcing power line on the 3600 block of Miliary Road, which prompted a fire department response.
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For at least the fourth time since late June, Dominion customers in Ballston and Virginia Square area are without power.
The outage started around 2 a.m. this morning, residents tell ARLnow, and an outage map shows it affecting roughly the same area as previous outages on June 24, July 15 and July 23.
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A large fire department response responded to an underground utility fire in Crystal City this afternoon.
The fire, on the 2400 block of Crystal Drive amid office and apartment buildings, followed reports of an “explosion” heard and felt in the area shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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More than 2,500 homes and businesses were without power Monday afternoon in parts of Pentagon City and Crystal City.
Reports of the outage started coming in around 3:20 p.m. Firefighters have since been dispatched to numerous buildings in the area for reports of stuck elevators.