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Power restored to 846 Tri-Cities homes and businesses after outage

The Benton PUD is blaming a squirrel for taking out power Sunday morning in east Kennewick.

About 846 customers lost electric service before 7:30 a.m. in the area of 19th Avenue and Gum Street.

Power was restored to homes and businesses about 9:20 a.m., according to the public utility district.

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