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Seattle City Light was predicting a relatively quick turnaround after crews were dispatched Tuesday afternoon to restore power to around 4,000 customers south of Volunteer Park and along 23rd Ave in the Stevens and Miller Park areas.

UPDATE 2:30 PM: SCL wasn’t kidding. The power was reported back on in under 90 minutes. The cause was determined to be cable failure.

The outage was first reported just after 1 PM and though Seattle City Light hadn’t yet specified a cause, the department said it expected crews to have the power back on before 5 PM. Continue reading →