Residents of the east side of Warren and parts of the north end woke up without any electricity Friday, Nov. 13, remaining sans power through the early morning rush hour.

The outage stretched from the state line with Massachusetts, encompassing all of Touisset, down Market Street onto Metacom Avenue and across Child Street to Water Street.

The area included both school buildings, Kickemuit Middle and Hugh Cole Elementary, though classes remained in session with the use of back-up generators.

(Updated, 2:30 p.m., Nov. 13) Initial indications were a transformer in town exploded in the early-morning hours Friday and a person was injured.

Warren Police Lt. Marc Ferreira  confirmed a Rhode island Energy employee had been electrocuted at the power station located on Nobert Street.

According to sources, Ferreira said the injured male arrived at the power station around 5:30 a.m. Another employee came on the scene shortly thereafter and discovered his colleague in distress.

WPD officers were called at about 6:30 a.m., providing initial aid before WFD arrived for further treatment.

Ferreira said WPD detectives were with the victim at hospital and have been investigating since. Ferreira termed the status of the probe still being at the preliminary stages.

Earlier in the day,  Hunt said Rhode Island Energy had yet to inform town officials the reason for the outage. Anecdotally, Hunt, who resides in the affected area, said she was awake at 5 a.m. Friday, seeing and hearing a loud flash in the distance from her home.

As of 8:30 a.m., 2,673 customers remained without power. RI Energy had yet to include an estimated time of resolution for the situation on its website.

By shortly after 10:30, most customers had their power restored. Just 22 remained without electricity, RI Energy projecting all would have their situations resolved by approximately 12:30 p.m.