CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A brush fire on Holly Road and Staples Street caused several power outages in South Side and Bay Area neighborhoods Sunday.
Nueces County Emergency Services District No. 2 said the grass fire, which started at about 2:20 p.m., was caused by a downed powerline.
The flames were put out in a little over an hour.
The outage caused several traffic lights to be without power, but the Corpus Christi Public Works Department was able to use its battery backup system to get those lights back up-and-running.
Power eventually was restored at 6:20 p.m. Sunday.
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