Downed power line knocks out electricity for 2,600 customers in Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS — Crews are moving to reconstruct energy to immoderate 2,600 Idaho Falls Power customers Thursday evening.

The powerfulness outage started astatine astir 5:30 p.m. and impacts nan halfway sections of Idaho Falls.

The outage is owed to a downed powerfulness statement connected Russet Street, according to metropolis spokesperson Eric Grossarth. The origin of nan downed statement is suspected to beryllium stormy weather.

There is nary estimate connected erstwhile powerfulness will beryllium restored to nan area.

Officials are asking residents to debar nan area of nan downed line.

EastIdahoNews.com will update this article if much specifications are released.