A storm in Fresno County left more than 9,700 PG&E customers without electricity, with outages spread across the Fresno area and near Selma.
Here's what to know
On Oct. 21, PG&E's outage map listed 14 outages affecting 9,702 customers, as GV Wire reported. The utility tied 13 of those outages to the storm. A separate outage was first reported at 10:50 a.m. and affected 236 customers.
Most of the storm-related reports were logged between 1:57 p.m. and 3:04 p.m. The largest entry was the 3:04 p.m. outage near Selma, affecting 2,743 customers, while other major outages were listed at 2:56 p.m. for 1,373 customers, 2:28 p.m. for 1,371 customers, and 2:35 p.m. for 1,115 customers.
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GV Wire reported that 5,418 customers around Sanger and more than 7,200 in Clovis had also lost power.
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What's being done?
For the 13 outages linked to the storm, PG&E said it would send crews to inspect the affected areas and complete repairs when conditions allowed.
For the separate 236-customer outage first reported at 10:50 a.m., the utility said crews were examining the electrical system to locate damaged sections and identify needed repairs.
Only the 236-customer outage had a restoration estimate posted, with PG&E saying power was expected back by 6:30 p.m. The other 13 storm-related outages had no determined restoration times.
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Where can I learn more?
Storm-related outages and other grid disruptions have hit communities in California and across the country.
• Across Northern California, residents were urged to prepare as wildfire fears put thousands at risk of blackouts.
• In Washington state, crews faced very difficult conditions after a deadly storm.
• In Pennsylvania, a state of emergency followed after power to over 400,000 homes went out.
• On one storm-hit street, a family with solar and battery said they never lost power.
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