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Downed wire causes thousands of RG&E outages in Ontario County | WHAM

Thousands of RG&E customers across Ontario County lost power for a short time Tuesday in the 7 p.m. hour. Our crews saw trucks in the Farmington area. (WHAM/Photo by Ben Vahey)

Thousands of RG&E customers across Ontario County lost power for a short time Tuesday in the 7 p.m. hour.

A spokesperson for RG&E said the outages were caused by a downed wire.

No word what caused the wire to come down.

Crews are making repairs.

Just before 7:30 p.m., 4,414 customers were in the dark.

By 10 p.m., that number dropped to 504.

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