Power outage in San Francisco affects 130,000 customers, leaving 35,000 without electricity. Crews restore service by 11 p.m. Saturday
POWER was restored for about 95,000 customers in San Francisco after a sizable part of the city was hit by an outage on Saturday, according to the city’s emergency management department and the city’s main utility firm, Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
The blackout hit about 130,000 residents in the California city of around 800,000 people, Pacific Gas and Electric Company said.
“Crews restored about 95,000 customers by 11 p.m. Saturday and about 35,000 remain without electric service,” PG&E said, adding that there were no injuries to workers or members of the public.
The outage caused traffic jams and forced some businesses to close temporarily.
“A large power outage is impacting San Francisco – only call 9-1-1 for life safety emergencies, avoid non-essential travel, treat down traffic signals as four way stops, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed, and turn off major appliances to prevent surges,” the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management posted on social media earlier in the day.
