Electricity interrupted in rural North Texas

KETR | By Daniel Starks

Published June 18, 2013 at 5:55 PM CDT

Social media reports Tuesday evening indicated isolated power outages in rural North Texas.

Parts of North Texas lost power late Tuesday afternoon after a possible downed power line in Fannin County.

According to Facebook posts by KETR listeners, a garbage truck struck a utility pole guy wire, downing the line. Large portions of Fannin County Electric Co-op customers lost power for at least an hour.

Fannin County Electric Co-op serves rural areas in Fannin, Collin, Hunt, Grayson, and Lamar Counties.

FCEC staff declined to comment Tuesday evening.

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Daniel was born and raised in Commerce, TX, and has been a life-long listener of 88.9 KETR. After listening to ‘The Art of Sound’ with Mark Chapman as a child, he enjoyed the thought of being able to broadcast across NE Texas. He is now a Radio/Television student at Texas A&M University-Commerce and hopes to continue his work in radio after he graduates. He has been heard in the past as the host of ‘All Things Considered’, ‘Movie Picks with Alice Reese’ and ‘The Morning Bell’.

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