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Pole fire causes thousands of Lake County residents to lose power

At one point, more than 10,000 customers in the Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake and Willoughby area were without power

More than 10,000 residents went without power on Wednesday evening in Lake County.

According to FirstEnergy, an electrical pole fire near a railroad underpass on Route 306 triggered the outages, which affected Willoughby, Mentor, and Mentor-on-the-Lake. 

A Facebook post sent by the Willoughby Fire Department just after 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday had stated that power could be out for approximately 12 hours. However, FirstEnergy reported minimal outages by 9:45 p.m.

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