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Parts of downtown Bellevue lose power; all restored
Posted by Nicole Tsong
About 1,100 Puget Sound Energy customers lost power in downtown Bellevue today in the middle of a heat wave with highs in the 90s, but the outage was not heat-related, a spokesman said.
The power went out around 9:40 a.m. in buildings including the Bravern, QFC, portions of Lincoln Square and other downtown buildings, said Puget Sound Energy spokesman Andy Wappler. A small animal caused a short circuit when it came into contact with a lightning arrestor at the substation that serves downtown, he said.
Puget Sound Energy rerouted power through other circuits and restored power to 3/4 of the affected customers around noon, Wappler said. The rest had electricity back around 2:15 p.m.
"It's an unfortunate time for people to lose power because they want their air conditioning," Wappler said. "But it's the sort of outage that could happen any day or any season."
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