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WILKES-BARRE — Electrical power has been restored to nearly 1,000 customers after an outage in the Downtown and Heights areas of Wilkes-Barre Wednesday morning.

A blown transformer is to blame.

Power was lost at about 7 a.m. and restored just after 8 a.m.

Impacted areas were the downtown area of South and North Washington streets, South and North Pennsylvania avenues, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and East Market and Coal streets to North Sherman Street.