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Friday Seattle Outage Briefly Left 14,000 Without Power
The outage began around 7:15 a.m. Friday in South Seattle but was fixed by around 9:45 a.m.
SEATTLE, WA - A large power outage in South Seattle left thousands without power Friday morning. About 14,000 customers were without power around 8 a.m., all power had been restored by 9:45 a.m.
At its peak, the outage was affecting neighborhoods from mid-Beacon Hill south to the Skyway area between Rainier Avenue and I-5. Seattle City Light had predicted all power would be restored by 11 a.m.
To see outages or report one in your neighborhood, visit the Seattle City Light website.
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Crews are responding to an outage affecting approx. 12,222 customers in the Rainier Valley, Beacon Hill and Bryn Mawr-Skyway areas. The cause is under investigation. An early estimate on time of restoration is 11 a.m. Get updates via our outage map: https://t.co/EUL5WkAM2l pic.twitter.com/IoxytKNJpu
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) February 1, 2019
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