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35,000+ customers lost power in East Valley Thursday night

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MESA, AZ — A widespread outage hit the East Valley Thursday evening, leaving thousands of homes without power.

According to SRP, more than 35,000 homes in the Mesa, Gilbert, and Tempe area lost power for about an hour Thursday.

Extreme heat has previously been to blame for similar issues in the past. Thursday’s high temperature was 99 degrees at Sky Harbor Airport. It's unclear if the heat played a factor in the outage.

SRP said Thursday night that an "electrical system disturbance" was to blame for the sizable outage.