Nearly 2,000 without power near downtown Concord

Doug Coats
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CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Nearly 2,000 customers were without power in Concord Tuesday afternoon.

According to city officials, the outage was reported around 3:45 p.m. April 23. It’s affected the Church Street North corridor just north of downtown.

The outage was caused by a fallen limb due to the wind. Officials said the power was briefly restored at 4:10 p.m., but it went back out again before finally being restored around 5 p.m. Two lines touching each other caused the second outage.

Concord residents are asked to not dial 911 to report a power outage, instead to call 704-920-5555

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