Power went out twice Tuesday in Alliance area. Here's why

ALLIANCE ‒ Power went out twice Tuesday night in the Alliance area.

Here's why:

In the first incident, Alliance Safety-Service Director Mike Dreger said, FirstEnergy's Ohio Edison had an insulator fail at 9:16 p.m., knocking electricity out for roughly 8,000 customers. The power was restored by 10:26 p.m.

Dreger said the second outage started at 11:30 p.m. when a substation blew fuses, knocking out power to more than 4,000 customers. The power was restored around 12:46 a.m. Wednesday. He said some customers experienced both outages, which hit properties in Alliance and the surrounding communities.

"We've had more than a couple of calls from individuals wanting to know why their power was out last night in Alliance," Dreger said Wednesday afternoon in an email.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Blown fuse, insulator fail cause two power outages in Alliance