BOISE, Idaho — Homes and businesses in parts of Meridian and Boise were hit with power outages Thursday.
Generally speaking, the largest outage area was between Five Mile and Locust Grove roads east to west, and Ustick and Victory roads north to south. Idaho Power said 335 business and residential customers were affected. The outage area included some of the busiest intersections and commercial areas in Idaho.
Another outage in Boise hit the Highlands neighborhood and some of the foothills generally along Bogus Basin Road. Idaho Power said the outage started at 5:45 a.m. As of noon Thursday, it was affecting 46 customers.
In Elmore and Owyhee counties, an outage affected about 40 customers in the Oreana and Grand View areas southwest of Mountain Home. The outage started shortly before 9 a.m.
Service has been restored to the areas affected by Thursday's outages. In all three cases, Idaho Power said line interference was the probable cause.
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