UPDATE: DOM Kills Power Near PVI to Fix Broken Pole

UPDATE (11:35 p.m.): An accident on Fairfax Boulevard shortly after 4 p.m. today damaged a power line pole in front of Papa John's Pizza and Paul VI Catholic High School. Dominion workers shut off the power at 9 p.m. to repair the pole. Fairfax City Police set up cones to direct traffic past the handful of Dominion repair trucks parked on the side of the road.

UPDATE (10:19 p.m.): Dominion's Outage Center says 167 city residents are without power tonight.

Damaged power lines on Fairfax Boulevard could mean an eight-hour long power outage for some Fairfax City residents tonight.

Fairfax Heights and Fairchester residents lost power at 9 p.m. Dominion expects the outage to last most of the night, possibly until 5 a.m. Friday.

The outage came after a traffic accident on Fairfax Boulevard this afternoon damaged power lines. Dominion is working to repair the lines.

Keep an eye on the power outage by visiting Dominion Virginia Power's website at http://outagemap.dom.com/DomComFlexOutageViewer/index.html or calling (888) 667-3000.