RG&E: Nearly 5,000 lose power in Greece, Ogden, Parma - RochesterFirst
RG&E: Nearly 5,000 lose power in Greece, Ogden, Parma
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Nearly 5,000 homes and businesses lost power Tuesday evening, according to RG&E.
Most of the 4,700 customers impacted were in the Greece, Ogden, Parma, and Gates areas.
The outages had been fixed for all but about 800 homes and businesses by 10:30 p.m. According to the RG&E outage map, an animal is the suspected cause of the outage.
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