Daily Beast - Manhattan Hit by Major Power Outage, Thousands Left in the Dark
Manhattan Hit by Major Power Outage, Thousands Left in the Dark
Anna Kaplan and Pervaiz Shallwani at the Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/manhattan-hit-by-major-power-outage-thousands-left-in-the-dark?ref=home
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A person with direct knowledge of the incident told The Daily Beast that a transformer fire on West End Avenue and West 64th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan is among the reasons for the blackout. At least 42,000 customers across Upper and Mid-Manhattan are without power, according to ConEd.
The New York City Fire Department confirmed to The Daily Beast that there are multiple transformers smoking and multiple reports of stuck elevators. They said they have units responding from every borough of New York. Traffic lights were also down throughout the area.
Some residents said they had issues getting through to the fire department when calling 911, and at least one person had to walk to the nearest fire station to get help.
Amid the chaos, Mayor Bill de Blasio told CNN that he would not commit to returning to New York from a presidential campaign trip in Iowa.
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