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So far, the power outage has remained limited after electrical equipment exploded and caught fire at E Aloha and Harvard Ave Saturday night.

Seattle Fire was called to Aloha and Harvard around 7:10 PM to the reported transformer fire.

Seattle City Light reported more than 700 customers without power including swaths of Broadway north or Roy.

Blustery winds and bursts of heavy rain were forecasted to continue through the night.

UPDATE 9:38 PM: City Light says another more than 6,000 customers are now without power in the Capitol Hill core.

UPDATE 8:00 AM: City Light crews worked through the night to restore power with some of the largest Capitol Hill outages coming back online around 1:30 AM.

As of Sunday morning, more than 100 spotty outages remained across the city with nearly 6,000 customers without power. At one point Saturday night, more than 30,000 customers were in the dark, City Light said.

Most of the major disruptions in the Capitol Hill area were handled by Sunday morning. The largest area still without power was reported around Leschi and the shores of Lake Washington.

The Emerald City Weather Blog reported peak gusts around Seattle reaching 56 MPH, the highest since last December.

Trees and non-electrical wires were reported down across the area including several along Lake Washington Blvd. Overnight, portions of a roof were reported down on 12th Ave near Madison.

Sunday morning, branches and wires remained down on E Pine south of Cal Anderson near the Black Lives Matter mural.

Multiple hazards were reported in SPD’s East Precinct overnight — you can view the most recent SPD service calls here:

A tree down along E Pine and the BLM mural Saturday night

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