BENTON, Ill. (WSIL) -- UPDATE: October 8, 4:12 p.m. -- A total of 5,629 Ameren Illinois customers are out of power in Franklin County, along with 534 Ameren Illinois customers out in Williamson County.

ORIGINAL: October 8, 3:07 p.m. -- More than 7,500 customers are out of power in the Franklin County area on Wednesday.

Ameren Illinois reports a total of 7,595 customers are out of power in Franklin County as of 3:08 p.m. on October 8. The outages are affecting customers in multiple communities throughout the county.

Crews stated they are currently assessing the cause of the outage.

There is not an estimated time when the power will be back on at this time.

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