Over 20K people were without power Monday in Pierce County. Here’s where things stand
Over 20,000 people in the southern areas of Pierce County woke up to a widespread power outage Monday.
The outage affected people living near Spanaway and Graham for several hours. Tacoma Public Utilities reported that the outage was caused by a large fir tree that fell onto transmission lines. A spokeswoman told The News Tribune that high winds were another factor in the outage.
The number of those affected fell to 5,600 people by around 9 a.m. as TPU crews worked to remove the fir tree. Power was not restored for most people until around 12:30 p.m. As of 1:15 p.m., about 1,800 people near Graham were without power, according to the TPU outage map.
Crews were working on remaining minor outages, according to TPU on X.
This story was originally published June 3, 2024 at 8:19 AM.
