KENT, Wash. - Xfinity reported that vandals were responsible for cutting internet access to upwards of 2,000 customers on Monday.

Kent police say thieves have been targeting copper in the wires.

Comcast officials said they have dealt with multiple, similar cases throughout the year. Crews worked in the rain on Monday to clean up the mess left behind along 68th Avenue South in Kent.

Local perspective:

Several businesses along the road told FOX 13 Seattle they were impacted by the attack. "We’re going to lose pretty much eight hours of today," said Marvin Wells.

Wells works at one of the businesses affected by the outage.

He told FOX 13 Seattle that while the wire damage costs his business and Comcast a lot of money, the thieves will not get much in return.

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