Power Restored To Most In Ocean County After Storm

Toms River NJ

21 July, 2021

2:51 PM

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OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Just over 3,300 homes remained without electrical service Wednesday evening after strong thunderstorms that moved through Ocean County. At its peak, more than 22,000 homes were without electrical service. The majority of the outages were in Lakewood, where more than 15,700 customers were without power, according to the Jersey Central Power & Light outage map. The Lakewood Scoop reported a transformer fire happened in the township and the outages were causing travel delays. All but 1,579 Lakewood customers had their service restored by 6:30 p.m. Brick Township, which was only mildly affected at first, had more than 1,600 homes without power as of 6:30 p.m. due to a downed power line. All other towns where outages had existed saw theirs reduced to a smattering of homes. The computer-generated estimates said the lingering outages should be restored by 9:30 p.m., according to the website. Jersey Central Power & Light outages can be reported on their website, by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877), or by text message; text REG to 544487 (LIGHTS) to get started. If there are lines down stay away from them and call 1-888-544-4877 immediately. This article has been updated with the increased number of outages. Click here to get Patch email notifications, or download our app to have breaking news alerts sent right to your phone. Have a news tip? Email [email protected] Follow Toms River Patch on Facebook.