NStar officials said this afternoon that the company had used “jumper cables” to restore power to the thousands of Boston customers who had been without electricity since a smoky transformer fire Tuesday night at a substation in the Back Bay area.

The only area still without power was the Prudential Center, the officials said, describing reconnecting that building as a complex job that would take more time. But some residents reported that they remained in the dark.

Meanwhile, a manhole fire erupted on Huntington Avenue this afternoon near Belvidere Street around the same time as NStar officials held a news conference at the substation.  >> Full story

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