PHOTO: A map from the Essential Energy website showing the shire area covered by the blackout where thousands were affected.
An abrupt blackout struck over 2800 homes and businesses across Coonamble shire on Friday when rains and thunder pounded western NSW.
Lights went out at just after around 5:30pm on 18 October in Coonamble, Quambone and Gulargambone during stormy weather that spread across much of the state.
A lightning strike near the John Oxley rest area on Castlereagh Highway is believed to have tripped a feeder and triggering . . .
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