SAN FRANCISCO: An enormous electrical energy outage hit San Francisco on Saturday (Dec 20), leaving 130,000 residents with out energy for a number of hours at its peak, with the town’s major supplier saying all companies would return in a single day.
Pacific Gasoline & Electrical Firm mentioned in a press release on X that energy had been restored to about 90,000 households by 9pm Saturday (1pm Sunday, Singapore time), “with the remaining 40,000 prospects anticipated to be restored in a single day”.
Massive elements of the West Coast tech hub, which has a inhabitants of greater than 800,000 individuals, have been plunged into darkness, with disruptions to public transport and plenty of visitors lights not engaged on a busy Christmas buying weekend earlier than energy started to be restored.
“I do know this was a tough day,” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie mentioned in a video posted on X from the town’s emergency operations centre.
“That’s progress (on restoration of energy) … however for these of you who shouldn’t have energy, we need to be sure to keep protected, verify in your neighbours,” he mentioned.
Lurie mentioned police, fireplace division and different metropolis officers had been despatched out and requested residents to remain house if attainable.
