DP&L service restored for hundreds in Montgomery County

UPDATE @ 9:44 p.m.: DP&L crews restored service to more than 300 customers by repairing a pole damaged in a vehicle accident in the 3200 block of Farmersville-Johnsville Road, said Kelly Millhouse, operations director.

Service was restored about 9:20 p.m., she said.

UPDATE @ 9:10 p.m.:

Multiple crews are in Montgomery County trying to track down the cause of the outage that is affecting Farmersville, said Kelly Millhouse, DP&L director of operations.

Millhouse said the utility has a report of a crash on Farmersville-Johnsville Road in Jackson Twp. involving a pole, and there are crews headed to that incident to see if it is the cause of the outage.

Reports of the outage began about 7:12 p.m., she said.

INITIAL REPORT

An estimated 350 Dayton Power & Light customers in Montgomery County are without power as of 9 p.m.

We're hearing that many residences in Farmersville are dark.

MORE LOCAL NEWS: 2 injured in crash on snow-covered road

We're checking with DP&L officials to find out what led to the outage.

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