FORKS — Most of those who lost electrical power after lightning knocked out a transformer in Forks this evening were back in service by 7:45 p.m.
“The vast majority of folks have power again,” said Mike Howe, Clallam County Public Utilities District spokesman.
Crews were fixing fuses that evening to restore power to areas still in the dark, Howe said, adding that he expected all to be back on the grid by morning.
The outage, which hit at about 5 p.m. or 5:30 p.m., affected much of the West End.
“All of Forks, Beaver, Oil City — that entire area is out,” Howe said earlier in the evening.
“You name the city. They’re probably out.”
Howe didn’t know how many customers were affected by the outage.
At least one substation was affected by the bolt that hit the transformer.
Another lightning strike hit a radio tower in Forks and took a local radio station off the air, Howe said.
KVAC AM and KLLM FM operate out of the same station in Forks.
