Dark smoke was seen wafting over Route 7 near the Tysons Commerce Center office building (8219 Leesburg Pike) earlier this afternoon.
Alan Henney, a local crime and public safety watcher, reported hearing an “explosion [that] sounded like a transformer with fire” in the 8200 block of Leesburg Pike around 12:30 p.m. Photos and videos of the scene showed black smoke billowing up from near the office building, which is across the street from PetSmart.
While the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department didn’t receive any calls for a fire in the area, Dominion Energy spokesperson Peggy Fox confirmed that the utility had an equipment failure, sparking a fire on an electrical pole and causing a power outage that affected 1,572 customers.
“All but three customers were restored between 10 minutes and 39 minutes,” Fox told FFXnow. “Those remaining three will be out while repairs are made.”
Per Dominion Energy’s outage map, power is expected to be restored for those three customers around 4-7 p.m.
8200 block of Leesburg Pike in Tysons. Explosion sounded like a transformer with fire. @ffxfirerescue @ffxnow any more info? pic.twitter.com/lS3NBT6wDJ
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) December 14, 2023
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 14, 2023
