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UPDATE: Power Back on After High School Closes Early Due to Power Outage
Power outage in Naugatuck Wednesday morning affects 15 percent of CL&P customers.
Update at 3:24 p.m.
Naugatuck High School was forced to close early today, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, due to a power outage near the school on Rubber Avenue.
Connecticut Light & Power reported on its website that 2,208 Naugatuck customers were without power as of 12:54 p.m. That is 15 percent of the 14,348 CL&P customers in the borough.
The power outage was caused by a minor car accident on Rubber Avenue that took down a utility pole.
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