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Thousands affected by power outage in Des Moines

As of 9 p.m. Saturday, 4,000 customers in the Des Moines metro area were without power.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A power outage affected thousands of MidAmerican Energy customers in the Des Moines metro area Saturday night.

Crews were on their way to the scene around 10 p.m. Saturday night but hadn't fully assessed the situation yet according to Tina Hoffman, MidAmerican's vice president of corporate communications.

"Reports of a pole fire and a wire down, so most importantly, people need to stay away from downlines, obviously, report those of you see them," Hoffman said 

Credit: Mid-American Energy

MidAmerican said they hope to have the issue resolved by midnight.

"Every issue is unique, especially when you have all kinds of storms," Hoffman said. "It's hard to know what the exact damages so we've got to get out there and get our eyes on it."

Local 5 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

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