Tuesday Morning Washington County Power Outage Affects 2,300

Power went out sometime before 10 a.m.

At this hour, Emera Maine is reporting that crews are working to restore power to almost 2,300 customers after an equipment problem caused a fire and then brought down a pole in the Columbia Falls area.

The pole will need to be replaced, and the company has an estimated time of power restoration of 2 p.m. today.

Emera Maine customers may contact the company’s  Customer Contact Center at 207-973-2000, or 1-855-363-7211.  You can monitor current outages at their website.