PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — More than 6,000 Rhode Island Energy customers lost electricity Tuesday morning after a large tree branch fell onto power lines in Providence.
According to the utility provider, a tree-trimming crew was doing work around 10:30 a.m. when the branch came down. The outage reportedly happened in the area of Riverdale Street and Manton Avenue.
Power was restored to nearly all customers who were impacted by 11:30 a.m.
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