UPDATE: Most Ohio Edison customers in Clark County get their service back

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UPDATE @ 10:41 p.m.: Reported outages have dropped to about 35, according to the Ohio Edison online outage map.

Still no reason has been given for the outages, which reached nearly 700 customers earlier Monday night.

INITIAL REPORT

Approximately 694 Ohio Edison customers are without service tonight and we’re working to find out why.

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According to the Ohio Edison online outage map, the outages continue at 8:45 p.m. and the reports break down this way: Springfield Twp. (471), Greene Twp. (205) and Springfield (11).

Crews went out at 7:50 p.m. and are working on the problem, but no details about the outage are available, Ohio Edison spokesman Chris Eck said.

The estimated time to have service restored is about 11 p.m., Eck said.

We're working to learn more about this situation. Stay with whio.com for breaking news.

We will update this developing report as we learn more.

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