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Nearly 10,000 customers across North Capitol Hill, North Broadway, and along the Hill’s eastern 23rd Ave edge were without power Monday afternoon. Seattle City Light was investigating the outage but reports of wires down along leafy Lakeview Blvd E appear to have been the culprit.
The outage was first reported just before 3 PM. City Light said it was working to restore the outage with an estimated restoration time of 6 PM
911 callers reported an exploded transformer and wires down and sparking in the 1300 block of Lakeview Blvd E. Seattle Fire was called to the scene to take care of any immediate danger before City Light crews could begin work on repairs.
UPDATE 4:35 PM: The outage totals have been knocked in half with a core area still without power between I-5 and Broadway.
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