Outage impacts nearly 4,800 customers in Desert Hot Springs amid storm conditions
María García
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Nearly 4,800 Southern California Edison customers lost power today in Desert Hot Springs following lightning strikes and storm conditions. Power was restored to most customers by 2:30 p.m.
The outage happened after two incidents impacts power lines and poles.
The first scene is near Palm Drive and Dillon Road, where power lines are down and a power pole is reportedly on fire. A second incident was reported on Cahuilla Avenue and Cactus Drive where power lines are also believed to be down.
A large outage was reported at about 9:30 a.m., leaving 4,635 customers without electricity in the areas of Granada and Hacienda avenues.
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