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Power outage in King County affects 12,000 customers

KIRO 7 News Seattle · last updated

A large power outage has impacted customers in several King County neighborhoods.

According to the Seattle City Lights outage map, more than 12,000 customers were affected in the Central District, Beacon Hill, Hillman City, and Rainier Valley neighborhoods.

As of now, they have been able to restore power to many of the residents, but over 6,000 customers remain without power.

The cause of the outage is unknown at this time.

Seattle City Lights is investigating the outage, but the cause is unknown.

Stay with KIRO 7 for updates.

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