Thousands without power in St. Paul Wednesday morning

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Thousands of Xcel Energy customers were without power in St. Paul Wednesday morning.

According to Xcel's outage map, there were more than 3,000 customers without power at about 6 a.m.

Xcel said most power would be restored by 6:30 a.m. At 3:30 p.m., there were less than 10 customers in the area still without power.

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"Crews are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible," Xcel said.

The cause of the outage is unclear. 

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