Crime & Safety
San Francisco Power Outage: 'All Customers Are Fully Restored'
Breaking: PG&E says everybody in San Francisco is up and running again.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Pacific Gas & Electric Officials say that all customers affected by Friday's power outage are back online.
Officials said at a 2:00 p.m. press conference that the outage was due to a fire that occurred at a PG&E substation on Larkin Street. The massive power outage hit downtown San Francisco Friday morning, leaving thousands without power, closing a BART station and affecting traffic signals in the area.
As of 1:45 p.m., the outage map on PG&E's website still showed more than 75,000 without power:
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PG&E reported that power had been restored to 10,000 residents at 11:45 a.m.:
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#SF Outage: 10k customers restored. Crews working safely & quickly as possible to restore more. Thank you for your patience.
— PG&E (@PGE4Me) April 21, 2017
As of 11:30 a.m., BART is reporting that Montgomery Station is up and running:
*beep beep!* We are back open at Montgomery station! Normal service has resumed through DTSF. Thank you for your patience.
— SFBART (@SFBART) April 21, 2017
San Francisco Police report they are working with PG&E to address the massive power outage affecting portions of San Francisco Friday morning.
#SFPD is working with @PGE4Me, @sfmta_muni & other partners to address the power outage affecting portions of #SF. Expect transit delays. pic.twitter.com/BKcCESmkyN
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) April 21, 2017
San Francisco Fire Department officials say they have no reports of injuries so far due to the power outage.
The power outage in SF is generating multiple calls for service which #yoursffd is handling We have seen no injuries as a result so far. pic.twitter.com/uESEuO9ESQ
— San Francisco Fire (@sffdpio) April 21, 2017
BART trains are still running between the East Bay and San Francisco, but passengers cannot get off at the Montgomery station because of the power outage.
ATTN: Due to power outage all Cable Car Lines are down, shuttles are providing service.
— SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) April 21, 2017
People in San Francisco took to Twitter to voice their concerns about the outage:
Sad Stormtrooper. Disney store closed because of power outage. pic.twitter.com/YXcK2yGocQ
— Jill Tucker (@jilltucker) April 21, 2017
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