ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) — A city official says a fuse problem required a cutoff of electricity for about three hours in Alliance.

Local media  says the outage began around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.

City Manager J.D. Cox says a fuse problem cropped up at the Western Area Power Administration substation west of Alliance.

Cox says the utility had to disrupt power and shut down the substation in order to make repairs.