Thousands of Austin Energy customers have lost power in East Austin. MORE:
Austin's Transportation and Public Works Department says the power outage is also affecting several traffic signals near the intersection of 7th and Chicon.Austin Energy released a statement via Twitter saying, "We're aware of an outage affecting several circuits in the East Austin area and have crews onsite assessing the situation. Thank you for your patience as we work to restore power as safely and quickly as possible.
Still no word on what caused the outage. Austin Energy says it has crews investigating but they do not have a direct cause yet.
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