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BOSTON — Hundreds of people in Boston’s Back Bay were without power, Eversource’s outage map showed on Thursday night.
The outage map showed more than 900 residents were without power as of 10:40 p.m.
BREAKING: Significant number of power outages in Boston’s Back Bay (photos: Steve Ryerson) pic.twitter.com/4rvULFPNPe
— Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) October 23, 2020
At around 10:30 p.m., Twitter users began reporting on the outages, posting pictures that showed a vast part of the area was in the dark.
Looks like a good chunk of Boston’s Back Bay just went dark. pic.twitter.com/AkHaTk7DDh
— Jonathan Berk (@berkie1) October 23, 2020
The power just went out in my Boston neighborhood and it looks very Lovecraftian out there. pic.twitter.com/1tfupQ83NI
— Adam Ritchie (@fontbandit) October 23, 2020
Eversource said they were aware of the issue responded to the outages. It is still unclear what caused the neighborhood to lose power.
It has come to the attention of the Boston Police Department that there is a power outage in the area of Back Bay. Eversource is aware of the situation and they are responding.
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) October 23, 2020
An Eversource spokesperson told Boston 25 News the company is “hoping to get power restored in a few minutes.”
While the power was out in the area of the Prudential building, lights inside the Pru Tunnel on the Mass Pike were also not working, a DOT spokesperson tweeted.
Driving advisory for Mass Pike Boston: due to neighborhood power outage- Back Bay area - Pru Tunnel of I-90 has no lights on East or Westbound pic.twitter.com/TDhF7zIzVs
— Jacquelyn Goddard (@JacqueGoddard) October 23, 2020
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