Wake Forest Power responding to significant power outage

***UPDATE - Power has been restored. The cause was an unfortunate squirrel.

Approximately 1,200 Wake Forest Power customers are without power. Affected streets and areas include Downtown Wake Forest, Dogwood, Tyler Run, Magnolia Forest, Woodland Drive, Richland, Durham Road, Oakwood, WF Bus Park, Hope Street, Gateway Commons, Toran Drive, Pineview Drive, South White Street, South Franklin Street, East Jones, Pine Avenue, Highgate, West Oak Avenue, North College, and North Taylor.

The cause of the outage is not known, but crews are responding.

Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.