Massive power outage hits downtown Detroit

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A power outage hit swaths of downtown Detroit on Tuesday morning, leaving offices, schools and government buildings in the dark.

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About 100 buildings reported outages, and every fire department in Detroit was reportedly affected.

Workers evacuated buildings and poured onto city streets and the Detroit People Mover came to a halt as DTE Energy, which provides power to the city, worked to determine the cause of the outage.

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