Areas of South Lake Tahoe without electricity

Trees went into a power line on Tahoe Island Drive in South Lake Tahoe twice on Thursday.

About 100 Liberty Utilities customers remained without power at 9pm after the second incident occurred at about 8:15pm Jan. 30.

Both times the majority of customers were without power for about 30 minutes.

People in the state streets, Tahoe Keys and from Steamers to Fresh Ketch were initially affected Thursday night. So were people in Fallen Leaf Lake, Camp Richardson and Cascade Lakes. Those three areas had been transferred to the same line because of weather related issues so they ended up without power Thursday night.

South Lake Tahoe police officers were dispatched to the street to make sure no one was injured by the live wire.

The storm that settled over the Lake Tahoe Basin for much of Thursday initially brought heavy wet snow that stressed the power lines and brought tree limbs down.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report