1,300 Customers Without Power in Orion

As of late Wednesday morning about 1,300 DTE Energy customers were out of power between Lake Orion and Orion Township, including and .

Traffic lights along Lapeer Road, south of Clarkston Road and north of Silverbell Road were compromised Wednesday as well, causing traffic backups. According to a DTE representative, power should be restored by about 2 p.m. Wednesday, and some traffic lights have already been rebooted.

Cause of the power outage, according to the DTE representative, was a tree making contact with a wire, which brought down the wire on the 700 block of Waldon Road.

The Orion Township Fire Department was also dispatched to the area, at the 600 block of Waldon Road, late Wednesday morning for reports of a grass fire.

To check on the status of your area, check the DTE Power Outage map.