A communication tower fell onto a ComEd transmission line in the Carol Stream area on Friday morning, causing power outages.

The tower is not a ComEd structure, and it’s unclear why it fell. But as a result, 26,000 customers in several suburbs lost power, a ComEd spokesperson said. Those towns include Wheaton, Addison, Hanover Park and Winfield.

So far, electricity has been restored for about 8,000 customers.

The spokesperson said restoring power is a more manual process, so an estimated timeline was not immediately available.

Crews are on scene, and they’re doing everything they can to get power back up, the spokesperson said.

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