Power outage affects thousands in Libby
The Western News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 8 months AGO
A fallen tree has led to a power outage that has affected thousands of people in the Libby area Wednesday.
According to a spokesperson with the Flathead Electric Cooperative, a tree fell on a Bonneville Power Administration line, knocking out power to 5,600 customers.
“All of Libby and west of there is without power,” FEC spokesperson Wendy Ostrom-Price said. “When something happens to a BPA line, it affects us.”
Ostrom-Price said there were still about 1,300 customers without power at about 1:30 p.m.
There was no time estimate of when power would be fully restored, but Ostrom-Price said it was hoped to be by mid-afternoon.
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