A power outage in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington, D.C., is affecting thousands of Potomac Electric Power Company customers, including government agency buildings and George Washington University.
The State Department has reportedly been affected by the outage, with several agency facilities “experiencing an unscheduled loss of electrical power,” according to The Daily Wire.
The department said it is investigating the incident with PEPCO.
“Pepco crews are currently investigating an outage impacting approximately 1,100 customers. Our crews are on site working to restore power safely and as quickly as possible to impacted customers,” PEPCO said in a statement to WJLA.
Washington DC Fire and EMS services reported “smoke from multiple manholes” on the 1800 Block of H Street NW, which is near the Farragut West Metro station.
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DC Fire and EMS said they were on the scene investigating the manhole smoke, while Pepco was on the scene to “assist with power surge and electrical outages in the area.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.