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Over 2,370 without power in Illinois Quad Cities

KWQC · last updated

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Illinois (KWQC) — Seventy people are without power in the Iowa Quad Cities Wednesday evening.

According to MidAmerican Energy, 29 people are without power in the Illinois Quad Cities, and 70 people are without power in the Iowa Quad Cities as of 5:05 p.m.

An official with MidAmerican Energy said the Illinois outage started at 3:15 p.m. and a crew is responding. Officials said a small section of overhead wire that connects two lines failed.

The Iowa outage started just before 2:40 p.m. the official said, and a crew is working to restore power. The outage was caused by a piece of equipment on fire.

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