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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Thousands of people in Allegheny County were without power for hours yesterday because of wire damage. Duquesne Light Company confirmed to WPXI from a statement yesterday morning that crews were working to restore power to around 2,000 people in Mt. Oliver, surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods, New Homestead and Munhall. According to Duquesne Light Company, the cause of the wire damage was under investigation, and the outage had been resolved yesterday evening.