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Hundreds in Rock Island lose power after squirrel starts power line fire

There have been over 700 MidAmerican Energy customers without power Tuesday afternoon.
Credit: MidAmerican Outage map, 08/24/21

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A squirrel got caught on a power line which caused a fire near 4th Avenue and 25th Street on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of people without power in the Illinois side of the Quad Cities. 

According to a MidAmerican Energy spokesperson, there are 708 people in Rock Island who lost power due to an outage which was reported at 12:32pm. 

Power was fully restored for all customers around 2:10pm.

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