UPDATE: Consumers Energy crews restore power in Battle Creek: More than 1,100 customers affected

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Consumers Energy Power crews restored power to some 1,160 customers who were left in the dark for around 2.5 hours on Thursday, October 13.

Outages were reported with the bulk of them occurring just northeast of downtown Battle Creek in the area of Van Buren Street, Capitol Avenue Northeast, Emmett Street, along with portions of West Michigan Avenue which affected businesses in that area.

Consumers Energy Media Spokesperson Josh Paciorek says crews had been on site since 3 p.m. working to restore service.  He went onto say the issue was caused by equipment failure, rather than the weather.