About 45,000 People Lose Power On Westside

MAR VISTA, CA — About 45,000 people on the Westside lost power during rainy weather Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power reported.

A fire at one of the receiving stations nearby prompted the outage, the department said.

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Firefighters were sent to the LADWP facility in the 1800 block of Centinela Avenue at 10:16 a.m. and extinguished the flames, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. No one was hurt.

"The fire at our receiving station on #Westside is out," LADWP said via Twitter. "No injuries. Limited damage. Crews are working now to switch circuits within station to begin restoring power. No estimated time of restoration at this point, but customers should slowly start coming back online soon."

Restoration of power was expected sometime Wednesday afternoon. Some residents reported having power restored shortly before noon.

Traffic lights were out near the area of National and Overland, and Venice, Mar Vista and Rancho Park residents in the surrounding areas described losing power.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Our crews are responding to the outage affecting some neighborhoods on the Westside. The outage was caused by a fire at one of our receiving stations located nearby. We are working with @LAFD and will provide updates as we get more info from the field.
— LADWP (@LADWP) March 3, 2021

Thanks @LAFD and our quick working crews who responded to the fire at our Receiving Station K on the westside. Many customers affected by the outage are reporting their power has already been restored. Others will cont to come online as crews cont working. Thx for your patience.
— LADWP (@LADWP) March 3, 2021

Out at washington and redwood
— skelo05 (@skelo05) March 3, 2021

In mar vista between venice and Washington Blvd. from Wasatch to at least Inglewood.
— Crystal Meredith (@liljalpeno) March 3, 2021

can confirm power outage here in Mar Vista (Venice & Beethoven)

went out about 10:30a - flickering lights then nothing
— Michael Carnow (@mbcarnow) March 3, 2021

Out at Glendon and Venice as well
— George Ressler (@georgeressler) March 3, 2021

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- City News Service and Patch Editor Nicole Charky contributed to this report.

Editor's Note: This story was updated to include statements from LADWP and the number of customers without power.