Sunday, March 24, 2013
City of Fredericksburg and Stafford County Fire & Rescue responded to the early Sunday morning blaze on Washington Avenue.
A fast moving house fire at 1805 Washington Ave. eventually damaged the structures on either side early Sunday morning. "The occupants of the home were able to escape through the rear of the building before fire units arrived," Michael Jones, Fredericksburg Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief said in a press release. No civilians or fire service personnel were injured during the incident. The Fredericksburg Emergency Communications Center received the first of several 9-1-1 calls at 3:30 a.m. Callers reported a fire in the dwelling at 1805 Washington Ave., Jones said. Additional reports along with first arriving police units indicated that more than one building was on fire. Fire Department units responding found a heavy volume of fire …
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Dominion and REC both report customers still without power.
As of 8 a.m. Friday, the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) outage chart reports: Dominion Virginia Power reports: Both companies report all their City of Fredericksburg and Stafford County customers have power. If you need to report a power outage, contact your provider. Dominion Virginia Power: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative: View REC's outage map or outage summary to see how outages are currently affecting members. Find Fredericksburg Patch via:
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Customers are urged to be prepared with food and an emergency plan.
With a National Weather Service winter storm watch in place for the Fredericksburg area Thursday, personnel at Dominion Virginia Power, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are in preparation mode. Le-Ha Anderson, a Dominion Power spokeswoman, said the company is making sure their trucks are ready to respond if there are any power outages. She said the utility company has a team of meteorologists tracking the storm. “Wet snow with some wind could cause some power outages,” Anderson said. “We urge our customers to be prepared with an emergency plan with phone numbers and nonperishable food, just in case there are some outages.” VDOT will have hundreds of trucks ready to roll Thursday morning…
Customers are urged to be prepared with food and an emergency plan.
With a National Weather Service winter storm watch in place for the Fredericksburg area Thursday, personnel at Dominion Virginia Power, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are in preparation mode. Le-Ha Anderson, a Dominion Power spokeswoman, said the company is making sure their trucks are ready to respond if there are any power outages. She said the utility company has a team of meteorologists tracking the storm. “Wet snow with some wind could cause some power outages,” Anderson said. “We urge our customers to be prepared with an emergency plan with phone numbers and nonperishable food, just in case there are some outages.” VDOT will have hundreds of trucks ready to roll Thursday morning…
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Callers are demanding immediate payment, usually by prepaid debit card.
Dominion Virginia Power is warning customers of a scam where a person on the phone claims to be a company employee and demands immediate payment of a bill. The caller tells customers their electric service will be cut off if the bill isn't paid within a few hours and usually requests payment by prepaid debit card. The caller might falsely claim there's a problem with the customer's electric meter, which could lead to a fire if it isn't replaced immediately. They say Dominion will reimburse them later, if they pay for it right away. Dominion says while they do call customers who have delinquent bills to remind them their payment is due, they never ask for specific payment information. Instead they direct customers on how they can make …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Dominion Virginia Power and REC report outages due to Sandy.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 8:30 a.m. Dominion Virginia Power reports three of their Fredericksburg customers are without power. In Spotsylvania County there are 72 clients without power. In Stafford County, Dominion reports they have 1,216 customers of their 45,769 without power. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) reports nine outages in Spotsylvania County. They currently have no outages in Fredericksburg or Stafford County. Monday, Oct. 29. 8 p.m. Dominion Virginia Power reports 1,211 of their 14,139 Fredericksburg customers are without power as of 8 p.m. Monday. In Spotsylvania County, the number is 300 of Dominion's 29,610 Spotsylvania County customers. Dominion's Interactive Outage Map is available here. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative…
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Fredericksburg Fire Chief Mike Jones said it will take at least an hour for Dominion Virginia Power to fix the problem.
Although it's not known yet how many Fredericksburg residents are without power, at least one transformer blew in the 800 block of Charlotte Street this afternoon. Fredericksburg Deputy Fire Chief Mike Jones said they got a report of a second blown transformer, but crews were unable to find it. Dominion Virginia Power has been notified. All of Cobblestone Apartments are without power and other parts of Lafayette Boulevard. Dominion said there is a tree on a power line that is causing some of the outages. The utility company expects power to return between 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. To report an outage, call 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357)
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Five days after a "super derecho" passed through the area, there are still pockets of homes without power. "I'm not dead yet," said one elderly resident on Belle Plains Road in Stafford County.
Jean Newton was sitting in her brown La-Z-Boy chair using an old newspaper to fan her face from the heat inside her home on Belle Plains Road in south Stafford that was still without power as of Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, power crews were at her house trying to restore her electricity. Her power was knocked out when a tree tore down the power line on this country road about 12 miles north of Fredericksburg on June 30 after a "super derecho" passed through. "I'm still living. I'm not dead yet," said the 82-year-old Newton. She said she is a diabetic with heart problems, isn't able to cook and she's partially deaf because of complications with her medications. She said it's been a frustrating week so far without power. "Who wouldn't be…
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Dominion said 80 percent to 85 percent of the outages would be restored by Tuesday in region and a little more than 2,000 people in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford still don't have power.
Updated 9:47 p.m.: Dominion will be working in the following areas today: Fredericksburg area: West of Rt 218 at Rt 619 American Legion Rd @ Rt 1 Bridgewater Brooke Rd Cedar La Chatham Ln Colebrook La & Purvis La Conway Rd Deacon Rd Dixon St Fall Hill Ave & Riverside Dr Forest Lane Rd Gold Mine Rd off Rt 752 Greenbank Rd off Celebrate Va. Pkwy Greenbank Rd south of Sanford Dr Greenhill Ln Hampton Dr Holly Corner at Rocky Run Rd Hope Rd Past Somerset La Hope Rd Past Stafford Ave Hope Rd at Lovelace La Rt 624 @ Peytons Market Rt 1 @ Clark Hill Rd Leeland Rd @ Morton Rd Leeland Road at Conway Greenbank Rd @ Rocky Run Rd intersection Main St Mansfield St Mountain View Rd Naomi Rd Rt 3 Across From F Burg Sand & Gravel Rt 668 Ramouth Church Rd …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Stafford has 4,166 Dominion customers without power as of Tuesday morning.
Updated 9:57 a.m.: Dominion will be working in the following areas Tuesday: Fredericksburg Area: Elys Ford Rd & Spotswood Rd Rt 206 At Heritage Ct Aquia Creek Rd Aquia Creek Road Arkendale Rd & Brent Point Rd Bayonet Point Ct Bells Hill Rd Bend Farm Rd Brent Point Rd Brooke Rd S of Dogwood Dr Cambridge St W of Cranes Corner Sub Widewater Rd At Flippo Rd Conway Rd Courthouse Rd & Bluebird Ln Cranes Corner Rd N of Rt 676 Deacon Rd @ Leeland Rd Decatur Rd & Brent Point Rd Decature Rd Elys Ford Rd Eskimo Hill Rd Flippo Rd Hartwood Rd Holly Corner at Rocky Run Rd Howard Ave Howison Ave & Cardwell St Jeff Davis Hwy & Eskimo Hill Rd Jett St John Roberts Ln & Brooke Kellogg Mill Rd near Abel Dr Lake Forest Dr Leeland Rd & Morton Rd Leeland Road at…
Susan Larson
8:42 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
And this: Dominion VA Power says all customers that are still without service should have an ETR. You can check for yours at http://bit.ly/12qVpLp more ›