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Power restored in DHS after brush fire

Published February 18, 2016 6:40 PM

Power has been restored to 1,522 Southern California Edison customers in Desert Hot Springs after a small vegetation fire sparked Thursday afternoon.

The vegetation fire happened at about 12 p.m. in the 14000 Block of Yerxa Road. Firefighters had the fire contained pretty quickly but SCE crews had to de-energize power lines in the area.

Crews expected the power to be out for six hours but all power was restored by about 4:30 p.m.

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