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Hundreds without power near Banks

More than three hundred Portland General Electric customers near Banks were without power Wednesday morning after a tree fell on a utility line, PGE said.

Hundreds without power near Banks
A weather station affixed to a Portland General Electric utility pole in Gales Creek on May 10, 2022. Photo: Chas Hundley

More than three hundred Portland General Electric customers were without power Wednesday morning after a tree fell on a utility line, PGE said.

Eyewitness reports put the tree down in the Cedar Canyon and Hartwick Road area.

According to the utility company 308 customers lost power just after 7:30 a.m.

Restoration was estimated at 12:30 p.m.

It's the second outage to hit the region in the last 24 hours; Tuesday night saw homes and businesses in the Buxton and Manning area lose power too, the West Oregon Electric Co-op said.

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