Intermittent power outages affected more than 500 La Plata Electric Association customers Sunday and early Monday in the Bayfield and Ignacio areas.
The outages started at 6:44 p.m. Sunday when lighting and a strong weather cell moved through the area, according to a news release issued Monday morning by LPEA. Power was restored, but the circuits again locked open, cutting power at 7:08 p.m., the release said.
A tree fell through a line along County Road 516, south of Bayfield. Crews repaired the line, but a circuit again locked open at 1:25 a.m. Monday. Crews found damaged fuses in the Bayfield substation.
Power from an alternate source was fed to the 544 customers affected, and all were back in power by 3:47 a.m., according to the release.
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