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PG&E crews working to restore power to nearly 2,500 customers in Chico

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CHICO, Calif. — More than 2,000 customers are without power in Chico Tuesday due to an unplanned outage.

On the Pacific Gas & Electric Outage Map, PG&E says that their crews are evaluating what caused an unplanned outage for 2,492 customers along the Esplanade near East Avenue and East Lassen Avenue.

Crews will be assessing and working to identify any damaged section and make the necessary repairs in order to be able to safely turn the power back on for customers.

The outage was first reported at 1:39 p.m. on Tuesday, and there is no current time for restoration of service at this time.

Action News Now will update this article once more information from PG&E regarding the outage reaches our newsroom.

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