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Problem causes power loss in Center City

A problem involving an underground cable at 9th and Race Streets in Center City Philadelphia knocked out power to more than 300 Peco customers - including The Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com - early Sunday morning.

Children art students work outside as there is no power in their classroom/studio along 9th Street in Chinatown June 28, 2015, after a problem involving an underground cable at 9th and Race Streets in Center City Philadelphia knocked out power to more than 300 Peco customers in and around Chinatown.
Children art students work outside as there is no power in their classroom/studio along 9th Street in Chinatown June 28, 2015, after a problem involving an underground cable at 9th and Race Streets in Center City Philadelphia knocked out power to more than 300 Peco customers in and around Chinatown.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
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A problem involving an underground cable at 9th and Race Streets in Center City Philadelphia knocked out power to more than 300 Peco customers - including The Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com - early Sunday morning.

The power was restored at about 3:30 p.m.

During the outage, stop lights at several traffic intersections were not working, and merchants, shoppers, and others - amid an acrid smell of something burning or smoldering - milled around on the sidewalks in front of the dark buildings.

More to come.

- Marie McCullough

    Inquirer