
According to the City of Sanibel, 1500-2500 customers were without power for a brief period Thursday morning.
The customers affected were between East Gulf Drive and Middle Gulf Drive.
Lee County Electric Cooperative are aware and heading to the scene, according to a press release.
It is unclear what the cause of the outage is at this time.
Trust WINK News to bring you more information as it becomes available.
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