Power is not expected to be restored until around 10 p.m, according to a WMECO spokesman
SPRINGFIELD - Close to 700 electric customers in parts of Springfield are without power following an unexplained outage, a Western Massachusetts Electric Company spokesman said.
Power is not expected to be restored until around 10 p.m., said spokesman Frank Poirot.
The outage was reported at around 7:30 p.m.
It is concentrated primarily in the East Springfield neighborhood and along part of the State Street corridor, he said.
He said it is not clear what caused the loss of electricity at this point, but WMECO crews are responding to the scene.
"We're still researching the cause," he said. "Something caused the circuit to trip out but we don't know what it is at this point."