LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Power is back on in part of Lackawanna County after an outage Tuesday afternoon forced businesses to close and snarled the evening commute.
More than 700 homes and businesses in part of Scranton were without power since around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
All of the stores in the Keyser Oak Shopping Plaza were in darkness, some with closed signs in the windows.
Traffic lights in the area were also out, with Scranton Police officers directing traffic to alleviate some of the congestion in the busy area.
Newswatch 16 found PPL crews along Theodore Street searching for the cause of the outage.
Power was restored to the area shortly after 5 p.m. in Lackawanna County.
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