{"id":14547,"date":"2022-08-03T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/power-restoration-continues-in-leesburg-after-lightning-strikes-transmission-system-wftv\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:58:30","slug":"power-restoration-continues-in-leesburg-after-lightning-strikes-transmission-system-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=14547","title":{"rendered":"Power restoration continues in Leesburg after lightning strikes transmission system &#8211; WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">LEESBURG, Fla. &#8211; After spending most of the night without power, many Leesburg residents were relieved to have power restored Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Much of the city was left dark after lightning sparked a fire at a power plant, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, the city reported that two of its three substations affected by the incident had been repaired and some service had been restored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">READ: Family of 5 found dead in apparent murder-suicide, Orlando police say<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">But many customers, mainly in downtown Leesburg, remained in the dark early Wednesday as crews worked to reconnect the third substation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Via social media, the city said those repairs were ongoing and would continue until other residents had power restored.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCityofLeesburgFlorida%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02jHrCs9tdF7aLn8J1SxraaqjCJMUBQ1MiPC2HxAnL2q9CYPzHfj8KQ93mbxzGTRHyl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"628\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">According to Leesburg Fire Rescue, the electrical substation east of US 441 sustained fire damage when lightning struck Duke Florida&#8217;s transmission system around 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">READ: Arrest in deadly Casselberry crash that killed man walking his dog<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">The system, which supplies most of Leesburg&#8217;s power, went offline, causing the widespread outage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">About 12,600 customers in Leesburg were without power initially, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Parts of Fruitland Park were also affected by the outage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fleesburgfiredepartment%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02F2PQChovZYFeAnvdTZgnNoaMLJWgVH5zQsjoHz1vnXWdPBtE64Dxkq3AjvmFAB5el&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">READ: Osceola County charter school won&#8217;t reopen after judge terminates contract<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Additional Leesburg police officers were called to help direct drivers to intersections with inoperable traffic signals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Leesburg city officials did not estimate a time when power would be fully restored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">stay with <a href=\"https:\/\/wftv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFTV.com<\/a> and watch Eyewitness News for updates on this story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Click here to download the free WFTV weather and news apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV, and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92022 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/local\/power-restoration-continues-leesburg-after-lightning-strikes-transmission-system\/MG6QVRBZSBAF7CIXI5Q2JFHNYA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEESBURG, Fla. &#8211; After spending most of the night without power, many Leesburg residents were relieved to have power restored Tuesday night. Much of the city was left dark after lightning sparked a fire at a power plant, officials said. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, the city reported that two of its three substations affected by the incident had been repaired and some service had been restored. 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