Power outage expected for these Madera County areas

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Due to a Public Safety Power Shutoff, the Madera County Sheriff's Office announced connected Tuesday immoderate areas successful Madera County volition beryllium near without powerfulness starting connected Friday.

According to the sheriff's office, PG&E notified the Madera County Office of Emergency Services of the event, which is expected to impact the areas of Central Camp, The Pines, Wishon, Bass Lake Annex, North Fork, Cascadel Woods, O'Neals and Sugar Pine.

Sheriff's officials accidental powerfulness is expected to beryllium de-energized connected Friday, Oct. 18, astir 4 a.m. Restoration is estimated to hap by Saturday, Oct. 19. The Sheriff's Office says determination volition beryllium other unit to patrol the affected areas to guarantee the information and information of each homes and businesses impacted by the outage.

Community Resource Center sites volition beryllium disposable astatine the North Fork Elementary and Oakhurst Community Center. They volition beryllium unfastened to the nationalist from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. opening Friday until powerfulness is restored.

The Madera County Sheriff's Office recommends residents successful the affected areas commencement preparing arsenic soon arsenic imaginable for this event. For much accusation connected however to prepare, click here. To cheque the latest updates, sojourn the PG&E Outage Center webpage.