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San Diego County Experiences Power Outage
Cause for massive power outage unknown
By Sarah Grieco | Thursday, Sep 8, 2011 | Updated 4:56 PM PDT
Source: Power Out in San Diego | NBC San Diego
Communities across San Diego went dark on Thursday afternoon as a power outage plagued parts of the county. Southern parts of Orange County, Coachella Valley, eastern San Diego and northern Mexico are experiencing outages as well.
Power went out throughout the county for all SDG&E customers. All other service providers have power.
No cause has been determined and there is no estimate as to when the problem will be fixed, according to California Independent System Operator.
According to SDG&E officials they are not sure how many homes are without power or how far the reach extends.They later tweeted, "We continue to work on the current power outage and find the cause and solution. We will update you as soon as we know."
The FBI said the power outage is not related to the terror threat.
San Diego County spokesman Mike Workman said that his department was unaware to the cause of what was going on and he is "sending a representative to SDG&E right now."
San Diego City Hall has been voluntarily evacuated. Some people were trapped in elevators inside, but were later freed by firefighters.
The San Diego border along Mexico is still open, as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol are running on back up power.
The San Diego Airport is still open -- planes are taking off and landing as usual. Restaurants are being forced to shut down.
San Diego State University has closed for the day. No injuries from the school has been reported.
Roads are congested throughout the county as traffic lights are out. Motorists are stuck in a gridlock as SDG&E works to fix the problem.
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Source: Power Out in San Diego | NBC San Diego
