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Inland Power and Light restores power to customers

The outage was first reported at 6:27 p.m. on Tuesday.
Credit: Spokane Fire District 8

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Inland Power and Light customers has restored power to its Spokane customers as of 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

According to the Inland Power and Light outage map, at least 1,083 customers were without power in the Spokane area at 6:27 p.m. Inland Power and Light said at 6:57 p.m. that the number was down to about 200.

The Spokane County District 8 Firefighters tweeted that a downed power line was responsible for the outages. 

"Maybe you are experiencing a power outage in the general Valleyford area? Well Engine 82 found the issue, down power line, Bruna and Excelsior Rds," the tweet reads. "Inland Power on their way to fix the issue."

Inland Power and Light said the line was downed due to a fallen tree.

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