Power outage impacting portions of Brick

A JCP&L outage map depicting areas within northern Brick without power shortly after 9:00 p.m.
A major power outage is impacting a sizable portion of Brick this evening.
Over 4,000 JCP&L customers are without power in the northern Ocean County municipality shortly after 9:00 p.m., according to the utility.
The impacted area is generally north of the Metedeconk River.
It’s due to an earlier fire at a local substation, according to Ocean County Police, Fire, & EMS on Facebook.
The utility expects to restore power by 10:30 p.m.
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