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Downed Wires Cause Outages in Township

JCP&L is on the scene.

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Power lines along Fairmount Avenue went down Wednesday during the rain storm, causing sporadic outages in Chatham Township.

Workmen from Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), along with the , were on the scene near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Runnymede Road.

According to JCP&L employees, power could be restored as soon as 3 p.m.

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It is not known at this time how many customers were affected or what caused the wires to go down.

Chatham Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.

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