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Broken guy wire causes Floresville power outage
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About 70 customers in northwest Floresville were without electricity for several hours, after a truck clipped a guy wire on a utility pole April 10 in Floresville. The snapping of the guy wire at the northwest corner of Plum and First streets resulted in damage to a transformer, triggering an electrical outage at about 2:30 p.m. Friday. An estimated 1,680 customers in downtown Floresville, parts along S.H. 97 West, and River Bend were initially affected, Floresville Electric Light & Power System (FELPS) CEO Aaron Wagner told the Wilson County News. FELPS crews isolated the problem within an hour of the...