Meantime, crews were being sent to the South Charleston area of Clark County as 190 DP&L customers were without power, according to the utility’s online outage page.
UPDATE @ 6:55 p.m.: Dayton Power & Light crews are on scene, trying to pinpoint the problem that led to a power outage for more than 1,500 in Preble County.
We’re told that most of the outages are in the area of West Alexandria — some are reported in Eaton, as well — and reports of outages began being called in before 5 p.m.
At 6:53 p.m., the number of outages in the county is 349, according to the DP&L online outage page.
FIRST REPORT
More than 1,500 Dayton Power & Light customers are without power this afternoon and crews are en route to track down what’s causing the outages.
At 4:51 p.m., the DP&L outage showed 1,585 outages in the county.
We are monitoring the reports and will update this story as it develops.
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