All-Out-Assault on remaining power outages By
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Matt Daley of EDS (Emergency Disaster Services)
WAYNE, W.Va. Challenges continued to mount Saturday for thousands of workers trying to gain the upper hand on power outages in a six-county region in West Virginia hard hit in separate ice storms during the past two weeks.
Appalachian Power Company reported more than 40,000 customers remained without power Saturday afternoon in Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, Jackson and Mason counties. More than 9,000 customers had service restored Friday.
The power company has more than 3,200 workers on the job. Many of them are staying in portable housing at the Huntington Mall parking lot which has turned into a small city.
Air National Guard firefighter killed in West Virginia fire
Other firefighters injured in collapse at Kearneysville fire
Dec 27, 2020
UPDATE:
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of one of our service members from the @167AW overnight. The Airman was assisting in a mutual aid call for a fire with the 167th Fire Dept. and suffered a fatal injury while on the call. https://t.co/2G91fZpIr8
A West Virginia Air National Guard Airman has died from fatal injuries, during a mutual aid response call to a structure fire with the 167th Fire Department on Sunday morning.