Tree caused power outage in Lake Forest Park

Seattle City Light repair crews restored service to all customers affected by a power outage in Lake Forest Park by 6 pm today.

The outage was caused by a large tree that fell about 11pm Wednesday night near Bothell Way and SR 104, damaging two utility poles, a transformer, power lines and a connection to underground power cables. About 7,500 homes and businesses were out of power at the peak of the outage.

Bothell Way (SR 522) was closed by the fallen tree and downed power lines. As City Light crews began their work to restore power, the road remained closed so cable TV and phone companies could re-hang their lines to the new utility poles. They expected to finish their work and reopen the road about 7pm.

Traffic was jammed for the morning and evening commute as the lanes were first closed and then limited to one lane.

The day before 4,561 customers in NE Shoreline and Lake Forest Park were without power because of a transformer fire near NE 165th Street and 15th Ave NE. Two feeder circuits, distributing power from the Shoreline substation were affected. Power was restored Thursday morning, August 16, 2012.