TAVERNIER, Fla. – A sailboat struck power lines Tuesday afternoon near Tavernier and knocked out power in the Florida Keys.
According to Keys Energy Services, all KEYS customers were affected by the outage.
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KEYS reported that the sailboat struck the power lines at 5:04 p.m., 12 miles south of Tavernier.
"KEYS has started local generation and will begin restoring customers as Florida Keys Electric Co-Op crews work to clear the sailboat from the lines," KEYS stated on its Facebook page.
It's unclear when power will be fully restored.