SEATTLE — Nearly 9,800 Seattle City Light customers were affected by a power outage Thursday evening in West Seattle.
City Light said the outage was caused by a utility pole’s equipment failure, which caused a high voltage wire to break.
KIRO 7 had a crew in the area and captured shots of large sections of the neighborhood in the dark, losing power just before 6 p.m.
At about 7:10 p.m. City LIght said it had restored power to nearly 4,800 customers.
[Updated 7:09 p.m.] Our crews have restored power to nearly 4,800 customers and won't stop until all customers are back on! We appreciate all the thankful tweets - we will be sure to pass along to our crews.
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) December 3, 2021
And just after 7:31 p.m. power was restored to the majority of customers except for 476 customers.
City Light estimated all power would be restored by midnight.
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