A power outage caused by a pole fire affected 3,481 Seattle City Light customers in Burien on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7. The outage began at 1:36 p.m. Friday, City Light reported, and as of 4:15 p.m., 2,269 customers were still without electricity. An additional five separate outages also occurred, and it is unknown if they’re related. 3:15 UPDATE: Power has been restored to 1,212 customers and we determined the cause to be a pole fire. — Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) August 7, 2026If you appreciate our award-winning, local, independent journalism: