Widespread power outages sweep Washington, D.C.
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN) - Widespread power outages hit across Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, affecting government and privately-owned buildings intermittently early in the afternoon.
A Pepco spokesman told CNN that the power utility company is aware of the outages and is investigating the source of the problem.
The outage struck everything from the White House to the State Department, where government employees and reporters saw lights and power flicker out. Power at CNN's D.C. bureau twice flickered off and on early in the afternoon.
The power went out during the daily State Department briefing, with Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf using a phone light to continue taking questions from reporters:
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/politics/power-outage-washington-dc/
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'The explosion was at a facility run by SMECO, a customer-owned electric that serves parts of the District’s Maryland suburbs, said Nicole Chapple, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.'
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