Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Power Restored to Naugatuck After Early Morning Outage

Over 220 CL&P customers in Naugatuck, including Cross Street Intermediate School, lost power Wednesday morning.

Update 4:30 p.m.

CL&P's website is now reporting that power has been fully restored to Naugatuck. No homes are currently listed as being out right now.

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Over 200 homes and buildings, including Cross Street Intermediate School, lost power Wednesday morning and utility workers are in Naugatuck to figure out what happened.

Connecticut Light & Power Spokesman Mitch Gross said the utility company was notified of the power failure at 8:25 a.m. and that employees are already on scene, in the vicinity of the Naugatuck substation, checking what went wrong.

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According to the CL&P map, 224 customers are without power in the borough, comprising 1 percent of Naugatuck.

Superintendent John Tindall-Gibson confirmed that Cross Street Intermediate School lost power around 8:30 a.m., but school is going on as usual.

“We’re making accommodations as needed,” Tindall-Gibson said. “There are windows in every classroom and the building is comfortable at this time.”

Tindall-Gibson said the district is working with the Naugatuck Fire Department to make sure everything is in place in the building.

Check back with Naugatuck Patch later for updates.


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