Pepco substation fire behind power outage for thousands in Prince George’s Co.

Ivy Lyons | ilyons@wtop.com
July 18, 2023, 8:30 AM

Some 15,000 customers in Prince George’s County, Maryland, lost power after a fire at a Pepco substation Tuesday. ... As of 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, around 2,000 customers are still without power. ... The utility hasn’t shared its plan for restoring power to the thousands that remain in the dark.

The fire is believed to have started around 4 p.m. on Tuesday at the substation along Crain Highway, Pepco said. After the fire sparked, a spokesperson told WTOP that local firefighters were called to the substation, and the station needed to be deenergized.

The fire has since been doused.

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Pepco said the cause of the fire is not yet known and will be investigated.

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Ivy Lyons
Ivy Lyons is a digital journalist for WTOP.com. Since 2018, they have worked on Capitol Hill, at NBC News in Washington, and with WJLA in Washington.

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