Power Restored For Downtown Colorado Springs
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Updated: 12:01 PM Nov 12, 2009
Power Restored For Downtown Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Utilities tells 11 News power has been restored to downtown Colorado Springs after power was knocked out for more than two hours Thursday morning.
Posted: 10:11 AM Nov 12, 2009
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Colorado Springs Utilities tells 11 News power has been restored to downtown Colorado Springs after power was knocked out for more than two hours Thursday morning.

Home and businesses in the area of North Nevada Avenue, Weber and Wahsatch Avenue between Uintah and Fillmore were out of power. A squirrel on the power line was the cause of the outage. About 1,100 customers were affected by the outage.

Springs Utilities says power was knocked out around 9 a.m. and restored a little after 11 a.m. Thursday.

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