Update: Amagansett Outage Remedied

Update, 12:05 p.m.: The outage in Amagansett has been restored, according to PSEG Long Island.

Kristina Pappas, a media coordinator, said the outage occurred when a tree limb came into contact with a wire on Main Street. It was reported at 10:23 a.m. "A total of 1,700 customers were affected, with 1,000 of them restored with 25 minutes, and the remained restored by 11:24 a.m.," she said.

Originally, 11:11 a.m.: Over 1,000 PSEG Long Island customers in Amagansett lost power on Monday morning. 

Police received word of a possible transformer fire on Main Street just before 10:30 a.m., but a fire chief sent to the area couldn't locate any smoke or fire. Around the same time, the traffic light at the intersection of Montauk Highway, Abraham's Path, and Cross Highway also went out. Dispatchers said "a widespread outage" was reported from Cross Highway to Amagansett's Main Street. 

The PSEG outage map online showed over 1,000 customers without power in that area. 

About 15 minutes later, the light at Brent's began working again. As of 10:55 a.m., the outage map showed 559 customers still without power. PSEG trucks are in the area. 

No word on what caused the problem.