Washington Monument’s lights out for second time in a week

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The lights went out at the Washington Monument for the second time in a week Monday, officials said.

At around 6 p.m., the National Park Service tweeted that the monument lost power, causing the lights to go out. Staff was on site, trying to identify and repair the issue, the tweet said.

This is the second time in a week the Monument has lost power. Power also went out on Jan. 3.

[The lights went out at the Washington Monument]

Unlike the last outage, the Monument’s red aviation warning lights went out as well, a National Park Service spokesman said, and the Federal Aviation Administration has been notified.

Even with power, the Monument is not quite in fighting shape — after it sustained damage in Washington’s 2011 earthquake, its elevator is also closed indefinitely.