CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Nearly 2,400 American Electric Power customers lost power on Padre Island at around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday after a downed power line sparked a grass fire.
It grass fire was sparked around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at at Whitecap and Tesoro, according to firefighters from Nuecses County ESD #2. They said the fire is what caused the power outage.
AEP Texas crews initially hoped to have power restored by around 1:30 p.m., according to their Outage Map, but as of around 2:20 p.m. updated that they are assessing the condition of the outage. As of that time, just over 900 customers remained without power.
You can stay up to date with outages in your area using the AEP Texas Outage Map.
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