Power outage in Seattle hits 28,000 customers
Mar 9, 2012, 12:57 PM | Updated: 2:38 pm
Some in West Seattle and Harbor Island are reporting outages, but the main area effected appears to be South Seattle. (Image courtesy Seattle City Lights)
(Image courtesy Seattle City Lights)
About 28,000 people were without power and Seattle City Light originally said restoration for some may not happen until 8 p.m. on Friday.
By 2:30 p.m. only a few outages remained.
Scattered outages were reported in West Seattle and Harbor Island, but South Seattle was the main area effected.
Scott Thompsen, spokesman with Seattle City Light, said crews are on site to restore service when the interuption began.
Thompsen said they are still investigating the cause of the outage, but believe it started when a wire touched another piece of equipment at the South Seattle substation during maintenance.
You can see a map of the areas effected and their estimated restoration time here.
