Outage caused by tree impacting 5,000 customers expected to be fixed before end of the day

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A tree has caused a localized power outage near Gobles Thursday.

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About 5,000 Consumers Energy (CE) customers are experiencing an outage west of Kalamazoo after a tree came in contact with a power line in Oshtemo, according to CE officials.

Crews were able to isolate the damage and transfer the power load for 1,500 of the impacted customers…

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