‘In depth’ energy outage hits Annapolis and surrounding area, officers say

Annapolis officers and first responders mobilized Thursday afternoon as studies of “intensive” energy outages have are available throughout town.

Spokesperson Mitchelle Stephenson confirmed each Metropolis Corridor and the Annapolis Police Division are with out energy and officers are at the moment surveying the roads to find out the extent of the outage. As of 4 p.m., police spokesperson Bernie Bennett confirmed site visitors mild outages from downtown Annapolis to Riva, and officers are nonetheless figuring out what areas are affected.

Within the meantime, Stephenson requested drivers to “use warning and be affected person,” recommending they deal with each site visitors mild intersection as if it had been a four-way intersection with cease indicators.

Stephenson mentioned all outages must be reported to BGE officers.

As of 4:02 p.m., 42,328 BGE prospects in Anne Arundel County had been affected by outages, in accordance with the facility firm’s publicly-available outage tracker. In complete, BGE serves 261,274 county residents, greater than 16% of which skilled points Thursday afternoon.

The outage map reveals outages reported in Annapolis, Cape St. Claire, Arnold, Sherwood Forest, Crownsville and Millersville.

An Anne Arundel Police spokesperson mentioned they had been unaware of any street closures within the county. Kasey Thomas, a spokesperson with the Anne Arundel County Workplace of Emergency Administration mentioned they’re working with BGE to research the problem, including BGE will probably be sending a message to its affected prospects shortly.

Hearth and EMS dispatchers rerouted emergency automobiles heading to different emergencies, citing the “overflow of calls associated to the facility outage in Annapolis.”

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