Series of small power outages hit county, one caused by burning tree

An SDG E organization truck File image courtesy of SDG E It was lights out Saturday in San Diego and North and East County as several power outages hit local communities according to San Diego Gas Electric The incidents started in the morning with one caused by a tree fire The largest just before p m Saturday was released in Oceanside in the Ocean Hills and San Luis Rey communities affecting customers according to SDGE s online outage map While the cause was undetermined SDG E estimated that electricity would be restored by p m Crews earlier had put out a palm tree fire in Logan Heights that caused power lines to explode leading to an outage for a total of customers near South th Street and Ocean View Boulevard A tree has come into contact with our electric system and our crews are presently on scene making repairs SDG E stated Along with Logan Heights the outage affected Lincoln Park and Mountain View Power was estimated to be restored by p m according to the website Power went out for customers in northern Vista starting at p m according to SDG E The estimated restoration time was p m SDG E revealed an outage at p m in the city of La Mesa affecting customers due to damaged equipment Representatives sent a crew to make repairs The estimated restoration time was p m Damaged equipment led to the power being out for more customers in Carlsbad and La Costa electricity was set to be restored at p m