Prineville power outage over; was likely caused by bird

(Update: Outage over, service restored)

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Nearly 3,000 Pacific Power customers in Prineville lost power for a time late Thursday afternoon, and officials said a bird likely was the cause.

The outage was reported just after 4 p.m. and affected 2,757 customers, according to Pacific Power spokesman Tom Gauntt.

Crews were investigating the cause and at first said it could have taken until 7:15 p.m. to repair.

But Gauntt said power was restored shortly after 5 p.m.

You can see Pacific Power's Oregon outage map here.