Nearly 2,000 without power in Sea Bright area late this morning
Just shy of 2,000 utility customers are without power in the Sea Bright area late this morning.
According to JCP&L, the outage is impacting 1,081 in Monmouth Beach, 476 in Rumson, and 413 in Monmouth Beach.
The power failure is due to a pole fire in Sea Bright, according to emergency radio transmissions.
The power utility expects restoration by 1:00 p.m. today.
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