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Crews work to restore power, repair pole after transformer fire

Con Ed crews are onsite working to restore power and repair the damaged pole today after a transformer fire broke out on Lott Avenue and 98th Street yesterday. There were more than 300 scattered outages

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Jul 6, 2012, 11:35 AM

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