Thousands get power back on after outage in Rio Linda on Fourth of July night

RIO LINDA — A Fourth of July power outage left thousands of SMUD customers in the dark in Rio Linda for about an hour.

The outage occurred just before 8:55 p.m. and was affecting more than 4,000 customers.

Restoration occurred by 9:55 p.m.

The cause of the outage is unknown at this time.

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• 4th of July
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