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Power restored to over 2,000 in Columbia who lost it Saturday afternoon

Grass fire near Redwood Road, Nov. 19, 2022 — KMIZ

By Hannah Falcon

November 19, 2022 5:39 PM

Published November 19, 2022 4:05 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Over 2,000 customers in Columbia were without power for a few hours Saturday afternoon. All in the central Columbia area.

The outage started around 3 p.m. and was resolved two hours later.

The power outage was first noticed just after Columbia fire crews responded to a small grass fire on Redwood Road. Firefighters were able to swiftly get the fire under control.

The outage began in the same area as the fire. ABC 17 is working to confirm whether these incidents are connected.

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Hannah Falcon

Hannah joined the ABC 17 News Team from Houston, Texas, in June 2021. She graduated from Texas A&M University. She was editor of her school newspaper and interned with KPRC in Houston. Hannah also spent a semester in Washington, D.C., and loves political reporting.

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