A power outage Monday night affected the entire City of Smithville and a great portion of DeKalb County.
According to Richie Knowles of Smithville Electric System, the problem originated from a feeder line to the airport which shorted out causing a breaker at the sub-station on West Main Street to fail. This activated a circuit switcher resulting in the widespread power outage for all customers of Smithville Electric System and customers of Caney Fork Electric Cooperative throughout the county.
The power was later restored for all customers.
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