A power outage in Ballard occurred last night putting about 2,500 people in our area out of power.
The original cause of the power outage was a failed underground wire on the Magnolia side of the marina. However crews tripped a feeder while working to restore power to Magnolia customers which caused the outage to spread to Ballard.
The original outage affected 3,700 customers but by 5:40 p.m. Seattle City Light had reduced it to 2,182 customers.
By 7:40 p.m. power was restored to Ballard area while crews still worked to restore power to the 600 customers in Magnolia. Only a half an hour later, the majority of customers in Magnolia, Queen Anne & South Lake Union had power again.
