Cape Coral power outage causes brush fire and 900 blackouts

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acre brush fire which resulted from a downed power line CREDIT LCEC map

A downed power line started a brush fire in Cape Coral.

According to Lee County Electric Cooperative, 900 outages have been reported at 5:28 p.m.

Most of the power has now been restored. The cause of the blackout has not yet been released.

This is a developing story and WINK News will update this story as more information is found.

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