Power outage: Over 4,000 customers in Kettering in the dark

A total of 4,886 DP&L customers were without power, the DP&L map showed this afternoon. The outage was reported around 4:15 p.m. this afternoon.

Mary Ann Kabel, a spokeswoman for DP&L said the outage was caused by a safety measure. An unknown issue triggered a system that shut down power, Kabel said. The outage affected approximately three Kettering neighborhoods and crews are already on the scene working to restore power.