Power Outage Hits Medford

UPDATE, 4:25 p.m.: Power has been restored to all but fewer than five customers in Medford, according to National Grid.

UPDATE, 2 p.m.: Latest figures from National Grid: down to 1,561 customers in Medford without power.

UPDATE, 1 p.m.: Update from National Grid shows the outages in Medford are back down to 7,481.

National Grid replied to a tweet from us saying: "We are aware of the outages in Medford and are actively restoring customers as safely and quickly as possible."

UPDATE, 12:16 p.m.: National Grid's outage map was just updated, now showing 22,189 in Medford without power, representing the vast majority of customers.

UPDATE, 12:13 p.m.: Tufts University tweeted this moments ago:

"Power to the Medford campus is currently disrupted due to a transmission line outage that is affecting other communities in the region"

ORIGINAL STORY: Just before noon Friday Medford Patch began seeing reports on social media about power outages impacted Medford.

National Grid's outage map showed 7,732 customers without power in the city at noon. According to their map, that represented about one-third of customers in the city.

Our Facebook and Twitter pages have lit up with people saying where they've lost power and that stretched across the city, including parts of Tufts University.

Some people have reported just flickers, while others have already had theirs restored.

No word yet on what may have caused the outage.

Patch will update with more information when it becomes available.