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Man power-washing apartment building hits power line, causes outage

Tacoma Fire officials said a man power-washing an apartment building in preparation to paint it made contact with a primary power line near 6th Avenue and South Meyers Street this afternoon , causing a power outage in the area.

Published: Sept. 10, 2012 at 9:43 p.m. PDT
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Tacoma Fire officials said a man power-washing an apartment building in preparation to paint it made contact with a primary power line near 6th Avenue and South Meyers Street this afternoon , causing a power outage in the area.

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