US EditionSan Francisco outages leaves 130,000 without power
The outage affected about one-third of San Francisco customers, disrupting transit systems and closing businesses during the holiday season, with fire at a Mission district substation a likely factor.
- A major outage hit San Francisco on Saturday, leaving 130,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers—roughly 30% of the city—without power during the holiday season.
- San Francisco Fire Department officials said a fire inside a PG&E substation at Eighth and Mission appeared to contribute to the blackout, with the blaze under control by 4:24 p.m. and the substation turned over to PG&E.
- The outage began in the morning, when PG&E first reported an Inner Sunset outage affecting just under 15,000 customers around 9:40 a.m., and crews stabilized the grid by 4 p.m.
- By evening, PG&E reported 97.8 percent of customers had power restored by 6:41 p.m. PST, with 125,043 affected and 161 outages remaining; city agencies urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and turn off major appliances.
- Ahead of forecast rain moving toward Los Angeles, the outage disrupted city commerce and forced local restaurants and shops to close, dimming holiday shoppers’ experience.
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San Francisco was hit by a massive power outage on Saturday after a fire at a substation left about 130,000 people without power, and city officials urged residents to stay home.
Massive Power Outage Leaves San Francisco In Dark, 130,000 Residents Affected
A huge electricity outage hit San Francisco on Saturday, leaving 130,000 residents without power for several hours at its peak, with the city's main provider saying all services would return overnight.
Massive San Francisco power outage leaves thousands in the dark
A huge electricity outage hit San Francisco on Saturday, leaving 130,000 residents without power and prompting city authorities to ask residents to stay home, according to the utility provider and the mayor. Large parts of the west coast tech hub, which has a population of more than 800,000 people, were plunged into darkness with disruptions to public transport and many traffic lights not working on a busy Christmas shopping weekend. “We are wor…
Shortly before Christmas many people sit on the American west coast in the dark. When the light comes back is unclear.
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A massive power outage was caused by a fire at an electric substation in this city of California.
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