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Nearly 1,500 without power in West Baton Rouge Parish

WAFB · last updated

WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) — Entergy reports nearly 1,500 customers are without power in West Baton Rouge Parish on Thursday evening, Aug. 14.

According to Entergy’s outage map, the largest outage is affecting the Port Allen and Addis areas. Crews are currently working to restore service, but no estimated restoration time has been provided.

The cause of the outage has not been released.

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