Icy conditions have contributed to a series of power outages in several Patch areas on Monday. Particularly hard hit are Lakewood and Shaker Heights.
FirstEnergy spokesperson Mark Durbin said, “We’re hopeful” to get power restored soon, but some areas may not be restored until Tuesday.
As of about 9 a.m. Monday, 4,800 Lakewood customers were without power, Durbin said, and 1,200 Shaker Heights customers were without power.
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assisted Lakewood Fire Department and FirstEnergy in dealing with a handful of downed wires, according to a department spokesman. He added that a normal summer thunderstorm takes down as many or more wires than were downed in this winter storm.
Other areas affected include Beachwood, with about 150 customers without electricity, and Solon with about 120 customers offline. Fairlawn had two customers reporting outages. Twinsburg, Stow and Cuyahoga Falls reported no outages Monday morning.
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A utility pole fire caused outages in the Cleveland area Sunday night.
FirstEnergy updates its estimates of area outages on its website regularly.
