Jamestown (CSi)  Otter Tail Power Company says, about 1100 customers in Southeast Jamestown were affected by Tuesday evening’s power outage in Southeast Jamestown.

Otter Tail Public relations spokesperson Rebecca Michael in Fergus Falls says, the cause was a underground line  problems which led to a weak overhead line, that cause the outages.

She says sections of Southeast Jamestown experienced the outages at various times and lengths, as the Otter Tail crews re-routed the power in segments until the full power was restored.

She says basically, the entire Southeast section of Jamestown was affected, at various times between about 6-p.m., and 9-p.m.

One area between the river and 10th Street Southeast was down between  7:25-p.m., and 7:40-p.m.

Residents report the power was out in the Oxbow and Elmwood areas between 6:20-p.m., and 10:15 p.m.

 

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Jamestown  (CSi)  Parts of Jamestown were without power Tuesday evening.

Residents in Southeast Jamestown report that the power was out for varying lengths of time.

One area between the river and 10th Street Southeast was down between  7:25-p.m., and 7:40-p.m.

Some residents reported what sounded like a transformer popping.

Residents report the power was out in the Oxbow and Elmwood areas between 6:20-p.m., and 10:15 p.m.

The exact cause and the area and customers affected will be available when the report is available from Otter Tail Power.