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A widespread power outage occurred at approximately 3:40 Friday afternoon, affecting the Cedar Bluff area.
The outage was reportedly due to a blown transformer along AL Highway 68.
Cherokee Electric has been notified and crews are en route; no estimated time of repair is available at this time.
You can visit the Cherokee Electric website to see a map of current outages.