Thousands of customers are without power in midtown Toronto, and could be for several hours.
Toronto Hydro tweeted just before 3 pm on Monday afternoon that crews were responding to a “large outage” in the Yonge and Eglinton area.
We’re currently responding to a large outage affecting customers in the Yonge and Eglinton area. Crews are currently en route. We’ll provide more updates as they become available.
— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) October 7, 2021
An outage map on the utility company’s website shows that more than 15,000 customers could be affected by the outage.
Estimated restoration times currently range from 7:22 pm to 9:39 pm.
Crews are in the midst of responding to the outage, the cause of which is still currently unknown.
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