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Manhole fire cuts power to Philadelphia’s tourist-heavy Old City; lights out at the Jewish Museum and Liberty Bell

About 400 customers were without power at the height of the outage.

A Peco worker takes photos of the manhole at Fourth and Market Streets, where a fire caused a power outage to a few buildings in the area, including the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Independence Visitor Center and the Liberty Bell.
A Peco worker takes photos of the manhole at Fourth and Market Streets, where a fire caused a power outage to a few buildings in the area, including the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Independence Visitor Center and the Liberty Bell.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer