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April 21, 2008

Branch falls on line; 2,000 Bristol customers lose power

BRISTOL -- More than 2,000 homes and businesses lost electricity today when a National Grid tree-trimming crew dropped a branch onto a power line on Hope Street.

The disruption occurred at 9:30 a.m. after the line just north of Poppasquash Road was hit, said David Graves, a spokesman for National Grid. Houses and shops stretching from downtown to Gooding Avenue were affected by the outage.

About half the 2,038 customers had their power restored at 10:08 a.m. after workers repaired the line. The other half were back on line at 10:17 a.m.

-- Journal staff writer Alex Kuffner

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