Power restored in East York after transformer fire sparks blackout

Toronto: Power has now been restored to around 1,000 customers in East York after a transformer fire near the Evergreen Brickworks site caused a blackout.
The power was knocked offline at around 8:20 p.m. in an area roughly bounded by O’Connor Drive to Danforth Avenue and Broadview Avenue to Donlands Avenue.
Toronto Hydro said the outage was caused by a faulty transformer. The utility said its crews were working as quickly as safety would allow. Power was eventually brought back online at around 10:15 p.m.
The outage knocked customers offline as the temperature sits at an unseasonal 28 C in Toronto, with many households using their air conditioning into the first week of fall.
Firefighters quickly knocked down the transformer fire and no injuries were reported.

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