Power outage leaves more than 35,000 households in southern Oregon in the dark
This story has been updated to reflect current information.
Power has been restored to over 35,000 households in southern Oregon on Tuesday after a mysterious power outage.
Pacific Power, a utility company, said the outage affected Glide, Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Roseburg, Sutherlin, Winchester, and Winston customers. There are about 45,000 households in all of Douglas County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Crews were dispatched to investigate the outage, make repairs and work to restore services as quickly as possible to the affected areas.
The cause of the outage was unknown as of late Tuesday.
Over 4,000 Douglas Electric Cooperative customers west of Roseburg, including substations in Camas, Tenmile, Lookingglass, Melrose, and Umpqua, were also affected by outages Tuesday morning.
Haleigh Kochanski is a breaking news and public safety reporter for The Register-Guard. You may reach her at [email protected].
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