Update: Power restored Tuesday at 3:40 p.m.
A transformer on Frazier Street in downtown Whiteville blew around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Area businesses are without power and several stoplights are out on J.K. Powell Blvd. Whiteville Fire Department is on-hand to secure the area and Progress Energy is working on

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