A power outage at an oil refinery in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is the likely cause of a strange odor that was reported throughout Delaware, officials said. Residents in New Castle County, Delaware,

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A power outage at Monroe Energy in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, caused the strong gas odor many smelled in northern Delaware.

After an outage that lasted for hours, 911 services were restored in Pennsylvania, officials announced.

Officials say the odor is from an equipment failure at a refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania. It happened around 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday.

Pennsylvania state officials issued an alert Friday advising the public of an intermittent statewide 911 outage.

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Adam Gattuso, vice president of Public Affairs at Monroe, said the plant did have some flaring because of a temporary power loss. The flare was the plant burning off product after unexpected power outages from overnight storms caused the plant to temporarily lose power, requiring the plant to burn off excess gas.

Power was restored Friday night to most of New York and other parts of the United States and Canada affected by the widespread blackout that struck those areas Thursday. New York Gov. George Pataki said about 8 p.