UPDATED: Over 4,000 lose power around Lynden

LYNDEN, Wash. — Traffic signals are reportedly dark as the result of a widespread power outage in the Lynden area.

Area impacted by a power outage. Source: Puget Sound Energy

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) reported 4,361 of their customers’ addresses were without power since an outage began around 11am, today, Thursday, June 23rd.

As of 11:15am, no cause for the outage had been provided and a 1:30pm estimate for restoring power was being provided.

Another localized outage was reported near the southeast corner of the Lynden Municipal Airport at 10:30am that impacted 2 PSE customer addresses. It is not known whether the 2 outages are related.

People in the area of Bender Field reported seeing what appeared to be a line cut accidentally by workers in the area.

Update: About noon, power was restored to many. A localized outage remained in neighborhoods around Bender Fields impacting 411 PSE customer addresses. No cause for the outage has been provided.