High school loses power, closed after ‘substantial outage’ in west Columbus

COLUMBUS ( WCMH ) – A “substantial outage” has caused the closing of a west Columbus high school after a pole was hit Monday morning.

According to the Columbus Division of Power , primary wires were torn down for the Columbus DOP after a pole was struck Monday morning in west Columbus.

The Columbus City School District announced West High School on South Powell Avenue is closed for the day and a large portion of the Hilltop and west Columbus neighborhoods are without power. Crews are on the scene, but do not have an estimated time of restoration.

It is not yet known how the pole was damaged or how long power will be out in the affected areas, which are primarily powered by the DOP. American Electric Power had only a two customers affected by the outage.

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