Montana
6K+ Flathead Electric customers without power due to damaged transmission structure
More than 6,000 Flathead Electric customers are without power Thursday evening, and officials say it’s due to a damaged transmission structure.
Reports indicate a transmission structure near the White Oak Gas Station that serves the Bigfork and Somers substations sustained damage.
Crews have been dispatched to assess the damage and determine the safest path to make repairs.
An estimated restoration time has not been released.
View the outage map here.