EAST HAVEN, CT—Update at 7:45 p.m.: According to United Illuminating, all power has been restored. No reason for the outage was provided.
Original story:
A "widespread power outage" in E, according to East Haven Fire Chief Matthew Marcarelli.
Marcarelli posted to Facebook that the outage is "impacting a large portion of town."
Marcarelli told Patch that there are people stuck in an elevator and this comes as the department is fighting a brush fire.
Fire officials said 3,000 customers are affected. Restoration is expected by 9 pm
Marcarelli said updates will be made when more information becomes available.
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