Atlantic Municipal Utilities General Manager Steve Tjepkes, today (Monday), identified the issue that caused a power outage to parts of Atlantic early Sunday morning.  He told KJAN News a wire came off of an insulator out by the Atlantic School District Bus Barn on east 7th Street, and started the pole on fire.

The power went out at around 3:28-a.m., and was restored to some parts of the east side by 4:55-a.m., while other parts of the city had power restored by 6:30-a.m., Sunday. Tjepkes didn’t have a tally of how many customers were affected, but the area was generally east of 7th and Olive Streets,