Thousands without power in Madison, Fremont and Jefferson Counties

REXBURG — Thousands of people in Madison, Fremont and Jefferson Counties are without electric Friday evening and crews are working to repair downed power poles.

Outages are affecting Rocky Mountain Power and Fall River Electric customers. Around 5,600 people in Madison County were without power as of 5:15 p.m. and over 1,000 people were in the dark in Fremont and Jefferson Counties.

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“Fall River Electric Cooperative is experiencing a power outage in the Twin Groves/Wilford area of Fremont County. The cause is unknown but could likely be related to the passing thundershowers in the area,” a Fall River Electric Facebook post says. “This outage started around 4:30 p.m. Members should expect it to last up to two hours.”

Crews are responding to multiple power poles that are down on Highway 33 near Newdale that are likely contributing to the outages.

You can find the latest outage information for Rocky Mountain here and Fall River Electric here.

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