[Note: Rocky Mountain Power contacted SweetwaterNOW to expand on information provided Tuesday.]

ROCK SPRINGS — Two power outages took place in Rock Springs Tuesday, impacting more than 2,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers.

An outage took place Tuesday afternoon when a power pole at the Loaf N’ Jug at 1310 Dewar Drive caught fire, impacting 1,070 customers. Jonathan Whitesides, a spokesperson for RMP, said the initial report was made at 3:12 p.m., with crews going to work on the issue at 3:30 p.m. after the fire was extinguished. Whitesides said power was restored shortly by about 4:20 p.m.

Whitesides said the cause of the fire is undetermined and could be a result of parts degrading to a point resulting in the fire. He said RMP deals with a handful of pole fires every month across more than 800,000 poles in Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. He said causes can range from weather and wind to internal wear and tear. He also said the poles are treated so they don’t rot or easily catch on fire. She said they can smolder for a long time before a fire is produced, but a smoldering pole is considered a pole fire.

Whitesides said the earlier outage in Rock Springs, impacting 1,400 customers, occurred Tuesday morning when heavy snow resulted in a downed powerline.