Just in! Power Outage Hits Washington's Foggy Bottom, Smoke Reported From Sewage Pits A power outage has affected more than 1,100 customers in Washington's Foggy Bottom, home of the US State Department, according to utility company Pepco. Smoke was reported coming from multiple septic tanks, and DC Fire and EMS responded to the 1800 block of H Street NW. Pepko says it is still investigating the outage. Local reports say the World Bank and George Washington University have lost power. So far there are no reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is affected.

Just in! Power Outage Hits Washington's Foggy Bottom, Smoke Reported From Sewage Pits A power outage has affected more than 1,100 customers in Washington's Foggy Bottom, home of the US State Department, according to utility company Pepco. Smoke was reported coming from multiple septic tanks, and DC Fire and EMS responded to the 1800 block of H Street NW. Pepko says it is still investigating the outage. Local reports say the World Bank and George Washington University have lost power. So far there are no reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is affected.