Update 9:17: Seattle City Light reports that power has been restored in Queen Anne and Magnolia. “Cause was a tree falling into the line at W Bertona and 23rd ave W,” they wrote.

Update 9:07: Power’s back on on Blaine and Lower Queen Anne. One reader saw that same blue light our friends in Capitol Hill saw. Thatgirlkelly tweeted,

We saw a big blue explosive glow from over north east magnolia just as the last brown out gave way to the black.

Update 8:53: City Light reports that the “possible cause may be trees in the wires,” taking power away from 3,800.

Update 8:49: We just got an email from a couple on Capitol Hill who saw the power go out on Queen Anne from their apartment, and say it looked more like an explosion than a tree falling through power lines. Molly wrote,

My boyfriend and I, perched high in our apartment on Capitol Hill, saw a huge blue flash and then watched the lights go out on Queen Anne…I’m really shocked that they have called this a tree in a line…It definitely looked like some sort of explosion to us from across the way.  We hypothesized that perhaps it was a transformer that blew?   It was bright enough for us to run out onto our balcony to see what it was….doesn’t quite seem like a tree would cause that.

(Thanks to Molly for the tip!)

Update 8:45: Power’s back on at Taylor and Highland. Getting lots of “powers back” tweets. Is anyone still without?

Update 8:43: Power back on at Taylor and Lee, Jessica says.

Update 8:32 p.m.: Jessica writes, “I’m around the Taylor and Lee intersection of east Queen Anne and power has been out. Lights flickered a few times and finally went out, I think around 7:30pm.”

Update 8:21: Power’s out in parts of Magnolia too. Areas affected are reportedly south of West Ewing Street and north of Mercer Street between14 Ave W and 6th Ave N. City Light hotline says the estimated restoration time “around midnight.”

Update 8:09 p.m.: This just in from Seattle City Light: “Queen Anne outage caused by tree in line. No etr. About 3600 customers currently out.”

We’ve just heard from several readers that there’s a big power outage on Queen Anne. Still not details available at Seattle City Light. There is some possibility that the outage is related to the repair work City Light is currently doing around W. Galer to correct the issues that caused all those outages back in September, thought these work is supposed to be blackout free. City Light employee Mike Eagan commented on our story earlier today. Here’s what he said,

The planned replacement underground cable will be installed from W. Galer through the alley between 6th & 7th W. for two blocks, then down the hill (west) on W. Blaine to 10th W. There will not be any planned outages for this work, though it will be noisy and dirty and disrupt access to the alley at times.

So far there’s little information about the outage area. One reader wrote in,

We’re near Rogers park and at least our whole block is dark.

If you have any information on the outage, email us at tips@queenanneview.com or comment on this story. (Thanks to Jenna for the tip!)