Power restored in Pierce County

Feb 3, 2012, 10:35 AM | Updated: 1:04 pm

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About 26,000 Tacoma Power customers in East Pierce County were without electricity Friday morning, but the heat and lights are back on.

The outages were reported around Elk Plain, Graham, and Loveland.

Utility crews reported a transmission line went down after large insulators failed.

The outage impacted several schools in the Bethel School District where classes remained in session.

The Washington State Patrol said the outage also impacted traffic lights.

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