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UPDATE: Most Richmond Beach Customers Have Power Now
Seattle City Light is still working to restore power to about 184 customers
UPDATE:
Most of the 2,800 customers in the Richmond Beach area of Shoreline who lost power this afternoon have it back now after a 90 minute outage.
About 184 customers near Richmond Beach Road, including the Richmond Beach Congregational Church, still do not have power and that work could take until 8 p.m. tonight to restore it, a City Light employee said.
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Syre Elementary was without power for about 90 minutes but classes were not interrupted, district spokesman Craig Degginger said.
ORIGINAL STORY
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A power outage struck the Richmond Beach area about 12:10 p.m. Monday, resulting in the loss of power for 2,800 customers.
Seattle City Light estimates that power will be restored by 2:30 p.m., a City Light employee said.
The cause of the power outage is believed to be failed equipment and crews are on working on the problem.
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