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Bird knocks out power to downtown Boise

Local businesses and residents were tweeting about power being out at several downtown locations.

BOISE — Up to 7,200 Idaho Power customers lost power just after 2 p.m Friday afternoon in downtown Boise, according to Idaho Power.

As of 3:25 p.m., power was restored.

Idaho Power says a bird got into equipment at a substation. The bird caught on fire and started a small grass fire outside the substation, knocking out power to downtown.

The Record Exchange, located at 1105 W Idaho Street in downtown Boise, tweeted a photo of the store in the dark.

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