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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

South Hill goes dark for 30 minutes Sunday

The headquarters for Avista Utilities are shown on April 6, 2021.   (By Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Reivew)

Over 2,000 buildings in South Spokane lost power on Sunday for about 30 minutes.

In the neighborhoods of Manito, Rockwood, South Perry and Lincoln Heights, 2,155 buildings lost power just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, according to Avista’s outage map. Crews rerouted power to customers experiencing outages and buildings regained power by 2:35 p.m., according to Avista spokesperson David Vowels.

The cause of the outage is still under investigation, Vowels said.