SULFUR, La. (KPLC) – The Calcasieu Parish School Board says power has been restored to two Sulfur schools this morning. Both RW Vincent Elementary and WW Lewis Middle School were affected by a power outage this morning in the area.

Spokeswoman Holly Holand says both schools were briefly evacuated.

RW Vincent was evacuated after smoke was reported on campus. Firefighters have since responded and given permission for students and staff to go back inside.

WW Lewis was also briefly evacuated as a precaution.

As of 8:15 a.m., the Entergy website showed an outage affecting about 845 customers in the area of ​​Cypress Street and Arizona Street. But as of 8:25 a.m., those outages were down to 143, mostly concentrated in the areas of Louisiana Ave. and Linda Ave..

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