5,400 customers lose power in Ballard

A wire fell during maintenance work near Ione Place and Tallman Ave, knocking out power to 5,400 customers at 10 o’clock this morning. Most power was restored by 10:45 a.m. and full restoration of service expected at 1 p.m. According to Seattle City Light, “the general boundaries of the outage were NW 70th Street on the north, the Ship Canal on the south, Puget Sound on the west and 9th Avenue NW on the east. Not all homes and businesses in that area were affected.”