Over 9,000 homes lose power in Weber County on Independence Day

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — More than 12,000 customers lost power on the July 4th holiday across Salt Lake, Weber, and Cache Counties.

The majority of the outages were in the Roy area on the west side of the county, and were due to a damaged line, according to Rocky Mountain Power officials. The power was returned to those customers at about 8:30 p.m. They did not disclose the cause of the damaged line.

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More than 3,800 others lost power just before 8 p.m. near Eden. Officials said the cause was still under investigation and expected it would be restored before 9:30 a.m. on July 5. While officials said it could take until Saturday morning for power to be restored to all areas, the majority of customers had their power restored much sooner. As of 9:15 p.m., power had been restored to all but a few hundred in the area.

At about 8:45 p.m., more than 3,000 customers in Logan began reporting outages. Officials said the cause was under investigation but expect the issue to be repaired by 11:30 p.m. on July 4.

In the southern part of Salt Lake County, about 115 customers are also without power due to a pole fire, according to company officials. Those customers are also expected to see their power restored by 11:30 p.m.

More than 160 customers also lost power in Summit County near Silver Summit, with restoration expected to take place before 8:30 a.m. on July 5.

To report outages and see specific updates for each area, visit Rocky Mountain Power’s website.

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