Power restored in Dothan after transformer fire

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - UPDATE: According to Dothan Utilities, power has been restored for impacted customers

An electrical transformer fire on Wednesday night resulted in a power outage affecting several Dothan Utilities customers.

Reports of the fire and subsequent outage came in at around 8:12 p.m., with the damaged transformer located near the intersection of Honeysuckle Road and Fortner Street.

The Dothan Utilities service area affected is near the fire location of Honeysuckle and Fortner, as well as on the southern portion of Westgate Parkway. Outage map information shows as of 11:57 p.m. that 1,497 customers are affected at this time.

At peak, 1,497 Dothan Utilities customers were affected by the outage.(Dothan Utilities)

District 4 City Commissioner John Ferguson confirmed the fire-caused outage to constituents on social media, saying that Dothan Utilities is on-site assessing the damage and working on restoring power.

Ferguson posted another update at around 9:50 p.m., stating that Dothan Utilities is working to isolate the damaged circuit and restore power.

Westgate and some areas on Honeysuckle are showing to have been restored, while work is continuing to restore power for the remainder of Honeysuckle from Fortner to AL Highway 52 W and the Fortner extension to Brannon Stand Road.

An official restoration timeframe from Dothan Utilities has not been provided.

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