Parts of Bluffton lost power Sunday and Monday. Here's what SCE&G says happened

Around 1,400 households were without power for nearly two hours on Sunday night and again on Monday morning in Bluffton, according to the outage map for SCE&G utility company.

In both cases, the cause of the outage was a tree limb falling onto power lines, said Paul Fischer, public affairs specialist for SCANA Corp.

Power was reported out at 6:13 a.m. Monday and was restored at 7:53 a.m., Fischer said.

The outages affected some neighborhoods between Bluffton Road and Buckwalter Parkway, and most of them were between the Bluffton Parkway and the May River.

The area without power included part of Old Town Bluffton.

A similar area also was without power for several hours on Sunday night. Fischer said crews responded at 7:53 p.m., and power was restored at 9:53 p.m.

SCE&G serves 51,446 customers in Beaufort County and another 7,099 customers in Jasper County.

This story was originally published July 16, 2018 at 7:57 AM.