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Massive outages leave 130,000 homes and businesses without power san francisco Saturday, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said.
Due to power failure, a large part of the northern part of the city was plunged into darkness. Richmond and the Presidio neighborhood and the surrounding area of Golden Gate Park during the afternoon hours, increasing in size and area.
PG&E did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the cause of the blackout. The outage represents about one-third of the utility company’s customers in the city.
Social media posts and local media reported widespread closures of restaurants and shops, and street lights and Christmas decorations being taken down.
The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said “significant transit disruptions” were occurring across the city on the X and urged residents to avoid non-essential travel and treat the traffic signal as a four-way stop.
City transportation agencies said they were bypassing some Muni bus bart Railway station due to power cut.
Fire officials posted around 3:15 p.m. At least some of the blackouts were caused by a fire inside a PG&E substation at 8th and Mission streets.
Around 4 p.m., PG&E posted on X that it had stabilized the power grid and did not expect additional customer outages. The company said it was unable to confirm whether power would be restored by Saturday.