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Power Outage Darkens Part of Irvine

A power outage struck an electrical substation in Irvine shortly before 9 p.m. Friday, knocking out electricity to 2,086 customers in the Turtle Ock community, a spokesman for Southern California Edison Co. said.

Power, which went out at 8:52 p.m., was restored to all but a handful of customers by 9:18 p.m., Edison spokesman Paul Klein said. The remaining customers were expected to be back in service a short time later, he said.

Cause of the outage was under investigation.

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