About 150 Residents Still Without Power In Trenton

After several hours of trying to restore power to residents, DTE Energy has reported that about 150 customers are still without power Thursday after a high-voltage power line came down, causing all of the city's power outages—beginning as early as 5 a.m.

According to Alejandro Bodipo-Memba of the Media Relations Department at DTE Energy, the remaining people should have power by 10:30 p.m.

Bodipo-Memba added a circuit recently failed in Riverview causing about 1,400 Riverview residents to lose power. He said Trenton residents were not affected, and Riverview residents should expect power to be restored by 11 p.m.

Paul Haley, emergency manager for the city of Trenton, has encouraged residents without power to get someplace warm until power is restored.

The Westfield Center, 2700 Westfield Road, has been designated a warming center for those without power. According to Haley the center will be available to residents until at least 11 p.m.

"If it's getting to be too cold see if they (residents) can go to a relative or friend's and if not, as a last resort, go to the Westfield Activities Center," Haley said. "Bring cards or something to do—and medicine."

Haley added there are currently no facilities at the center for pets. 

According to the National Weather Service temperatures are expected to get down to about 3 degrees tonight.

At least one Facebook "friend" of Trenton Patch recommended that residents please check on their neighbors to make sure they are getting through the power outage without injury due to severe cold.