Power mostly restored after outage affected ASU’s Tempe campus, 1000 APS customers - Arizona's Family
Power mostly restored after outage affected ASU’s Tempe campus, 1000 APS customers
TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Only 45 people remain without power in Tempe after an outage affected 1,000 APS customers on Monday afternoon.
The outage was reported around 1:15 p.m. from Rio Salado Parkway to University Drive and Mill Avenue to McClintock Drive. APS says the cause of the outage was a faulted cable and is working to restore electricity to the remaining customers.
The outage also affected the Arizona State University campus. The ASU police department said traffic signals were out on campus and advised drivers to use caution in the area and treat all intersections like a four-way stop.
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