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Power outages reported for thousands of customers in East Baton Rouge Parish

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) — Entergy Louisiana has reported that over 8,000 have been left without electricity on Thursday afternoon.

According to the Entergy website, the outages are primarily in the Bluebonnet area.

The reason behind the outages is still unknown at this time.

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