UPDATE: An equipment failure was what knocked out power to thousands of Bellingham residents for a couple of hours Wednesday night.
Power lines also came down on southbound I-5 lanes near Sunset Drive.
A PSE spokesman says they’re still working to pinpoint the cause.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A power outage affected more than 5,000 Puget Sound Energy customers in Bellingham Wednesday evening.
The outage after 7 p.m. affected residents and businesses in the Sunnyland, Roosevelt, Barkley and Alabama Hill neighborhoods.
PSE hasn’t announced a cause for the outage.
Whatcom County 911 reports their phones were inundated by callers looking for information.