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Power restored to parts of Charlottetown Saturday afternoon

Just over 2,000 customers lost power around 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, but the outage was resolved by 1:30 p.m.

More than 2,000 customers were without power for about 45 minutes

A Maritime Electric crew was dispatched to assess a power outage in Charlottetown Saturday afternoon, Maritime Electric officials say. (CBC)

About 2,000 customers lost power in Charlottetown around 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. The outage was restored by 1:30 p.m., according to Maritime Electric.  

Power was out along Kent, Fitzroy, Hillsborough, Euston, Upper Prince, Grafton, Richmond, Edward, Cumberland, Weymouth and Esher Streets, according to the Maritime Electric website.

University Avenue, Walton Avenue, Victory Avenue and Longworth Avenue were also out of power, as well as Old King Square, Hillsborough and Champion Court. 

There's no word yet on the cause of the outage.

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