Over 5,000 Pacific Power customers lose power Monday

MEDFORD, Ore. – Thousands of Pacific Power customers lost power in the Medford area Monday.

Pacific Power said it received the first outage report at about 12:23 p.m. on July 11. The zip codes impacted include 97504, 97502, and 97501.

According to Pacific Power, birds caused damage to an area of the grid and repairs are being made.

The estimated time of complete restoration is before 7:00 p.m.

If you live in Medford and need to escape the heat, the city has set up a cooling shelter at the Jackson County Library on South Central Avenue.

The shelter, which will be open until 8:00 p.m., will have water, restrooms, popsicles, a cooling area, and water for pets.