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Ameren crews figure out why so many Tazewell County customers lost power

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TAZEWELL COUNTY (25News Now) — Almost 2,000 Ameren Illinois customers who lost electricity Friday evening have their lights back on, according to the utility.

The outage that impacted mostly the Creve Coeur area in Tazewell County was caused by a broken wire, according to an Ameren spokesperson.

Electricity went out between 5:24 p.m. and 5:27 p.m. Monday, and all customers had their power back at 9 p.m., the spokesperson said.

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