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UPDATED: Nearly 5,000 National Grid Customers Without Power

Outages caused by transformer fire.

UPDATE: 11:30 p.m.

Power has been restored to nearly all Tewksbury customers impacted by this evening's outage. Only small, scattered pockets remain in the dark.

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More than 9,000 National Grid customers were without power Sunday night, including nearly 5,000 in Tewksbury.

The outages, which spread into sections of Wilmington and Andover, were triggered by a transformer fire on Route 38 near the Knights of Columbus.

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Power went out just after 8 p.m.

Tewksbury Firefighters and National Grid crews responded to the scene.

There is no immediate word on when power will be restored.


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