A series of power outages strikes Fresno, leaving over 6,500 in the dark

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) —  Over 6,500 PG&E customers are without powerfulness pursuing a bid of unplanned outages connected Thursday.

The outages began rolling successful astir 2 p.m. The largest was reported astir 8 p.m. and instantly affected 1,337 customers westbound of the 99 on Belmont, Brawley, and Marks avenues.

Less than an hr later, 1,492 customers successful Pinedale mislaid power. A fewer minutes aft that, 762 much customers were affected betwixt Fresno and Mono streets successful Downtown Fresno.

As of 9:30 p.m., determination are nary estimated restoration times for immoderate of the powerfulness outages. To presumption real-time updates, sojourn the PG&E Outage Center online.