The outage, sparked by a transformer fire reported at 8:13 p.m. Monday, lasted less than two hours, according to WMECO officials.
LUDLOW -- Electricity has been restored to sections of Ludlow that lost power after a Monday night transformer fire left around 1,800 WMECO customers in the dark.
Things were back to normal well before the Tuesday morning rush hour, according to police and officials at Western Massachusetts Electric Co., who reported no further problems in town.
"We're back online," Ludlow Police Sgt. Michael Brennan said early Tuesday morning, adding that traffic lights and power had been restored to affected sections of town.
Slightly more than 1,800 of WMECO's 9,122 customers in Ludlow were without electricity for about two hours Monday night, according to Ashley Duncan, a spokeswoman for the utility.
"Everything was wrapped up pretty quickly," Duncan said, adding that power was restored around 10 p.m.
Ludlow Fire Capt. Joseph Crowley said the transformer fire was reported at 8:13 p.m. Monday.
"It was just smoldering near the top of the pole," Crowley said, referring to a transformer box on an Elm Street pole near the corner of Winsor Street.
The affected area included most of downtown Ludlow's commercial district, according to officials.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a transformer fire that knocked out power to around 1,800 WMECO customers in Ludlow Monday night: