NY residents suffer brief electric outage as clips shows smoke from Brooklyn power plant
Dec 15, 2023 / GMT+6
Residents of New York City were left in a state of shock when a brief electric outage caused Times Square and other parts of the city into darkness.
The incident caused alarm as smoke emerged from an electricity plant. Local authorities quickly responded, while confused residents struggle to make sense of the momentary blackout. The power outage caused in the temporary suspension of all elevators and escalators at Grand Central Terminal, a major transportation hub for the city. The Long Island Rail Road issued an alert associate with the issue to an ongoing problem with the electric utility provider, Con Edison.
As the staff worked to restore the escalators and elevators, trains were running with minimal delays or on schedule.
According to the LIRR, the elevators and escalators at Grand Central Station are currently non-operational.
During the blackout, there were reports of people getting stuck in elevators.
The exact cause of the power outage was initially unclear, but a video shared by a social media user suggested that an incident, take after an explosion, occurred at a Con Edison facility in Brooklyn. The power outage in NYC today was linked to this incident.
Lights flickered and saw a fire explosion at conedison plant across the water. Hope everyone is okay. #nyc #conedison pic.twitter.com/sJQlaXNn4x
— Anna Di (@petez_tweets) December 15, 2023
According to Sean Scott on X, it appears that a minor explosion occurred at the ConEd plant in Brooklyn, causing in a small fireball and smoke being emitted into the atmosphere. This incident led to a brief power outage in New York City. The video displayed smoke rising above the illuminated city lights reflecting on the East River. Additionally, a separate clip shows the presence of firefighters and police officers responding at the plant.
The person who shared the clip mentioned that the fire department eventually departed from the scene, leaving behind a few NYPD officers. The incident took place at Con Edison's Farragut Substation, situated in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood near the East River and not far from the Manhattan Bridge. Con Edison later attributed the power outage to a 'high-tension transmission line' at one of their Brooklyn substations. A representative from the company informed The U.S. Sun that the fault occurred around 11:55pm.
As of 12:30 am, the Con Edison outage map indicated that only a small number of residents were without power.
According to the-sun.com
