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Windy morning causes power outages around northern Capitol Hill

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Downed power line below 26th and Helen. (Image: CHS)

Trees and utility poles buckled around Capitol Hill Thursday morning as wind gusts nearing 45 miles per hour caused a power outage affecting more than 10,000 residents and businesses around Seattle. But by 10 AM, many customers on the northern edges of the Hill and along 19th Ave E and around Volunteer Park already had their electricity restored thanks to a fast response by repair crews dealing with a sparking, flaming downed wire near 26th and E Helen.

While Seattle City Light estimated it would take several hours to restore power to some 5,600 customers from Montlake to E Madison along 24th and 23rd Ave, residents were starting to see the lights come back within an hour.

Seattle Fire crews responded to a fire resulting from the downed power line at 26th and Helen.

SCL expected it would take several hours to restore power to customers still without power around Montlake.

You can see SCL’s power outage map here.

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