AES spokeswoman Mary Ann Kabel said that the outage was caused by a tree falling on a main power line, and affected customers around Acorn Drive, Shroyer Road, Devonshire Road and Wilmington Pike.
Further outages started later in the evening as thunderstorms moved across the area.
The number of power customers without electricity as of 8 a.m. Friday morning is listed below by county, according to the AES and Ohio Edison maps.
- Montgomery: 190
- Miami: 177
- Greene: 162
- Clark: 21
- Champaign: 2
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