Power has been fully restored following a close to hour-long outage in north Emporia Tuesday.
The outage was reported just before 4 pm Tuesday and affected an area from East 12th Ave. north to Burlingame Road and east to Peyton Street. According to Westar Supervisor of Construction and Maintenance Rolland Trahoon, the outage was caused by a downed wire in the area.
Trahoon tells KVOE News this may have been the result of lingering effects left over from recent storms which have affected the Emporia area the past several weeks. Over 1,000 Westar customers were without power during the outage. Power was fully restored around 4:40 pm.
4:00 pm Tuesday: Numerous customers without power due to ongoing outage in Emporia
Westar Energy is in the process of addressing a large power outage which developed just before 4 pm Tuesday afternoon.
The outage is currently affecting the area of East 12th Ave. north to Burlingame road and south to Peyton Street. An estimated 1,195 customers are currently without power.
The cause of the outage has yet to be determined. Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for more updates.
