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Power restored in Oxford

kwch.com · last updated

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) — The power is back on in the city of Oxford following an outage that impact the entire town Friday evening.

About 1,000 people live in the town.

Power went out about 6 p.m. The city said it was having a hard time starting its generators due to the extreme cold.

“We will give Evergy time to get the power back on before attempting to start the generators again if they’re still needed,” the city said in a post on social media.

Storm Team 12 said the current feels like temperatures in the area were between -5 and -7 during the outage.

“A huge thank you to Evergy, our City Crew for braving the cold and working together to find the issue, and our community for your patience!” said the city.

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