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Power out for 3,500 near Firebaugh as PG&E looks for the cause

PG&E was nvestigating a power outage for 3,500 customers in Firebaugh on Tuesday afternoon.
PG&E was nvestigating a power outage for 3,500 customers in Firebaugh on Tuesday afternoon. PG&E map.

An estimated 3,500 people are without power in the Firebaugh area on the west side of the Central San Joaquin Valley, PG&E reported Tuesday evening.

The outage at 5:13 p.m. and the energy company said it was weather-related. There was no immediate information about the time of restoration as the temperature remained well above 100 degrees.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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