Georgia Power officials say the outage, which lasted about 50 minutes, was caused when a tree fell across a powerline.
Gainesville Georgia Power District Manager Darrell Snyder said the dead tree was being cut down by a tree cutter under contract to a private individual.
Snyder said the tree-cutting was taking place in Sunset Heights Subdivision, several miles from the affected area, but that the lines it hit serve a substation for the East Hall area.
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