Cleveland Public Power is experiencing "fairly wide spread" on the city's west side
CLEVELAND, Ohio – FOX 8 has received multiple calls from people in several neighborhoods about power outages.
The calls have come from people in Tremont, Ohio City and Old Brooklyn.
Cleveland Public Power acknowledged the power outage in a tweet posted just after 1:20 p.m. Saturday.
Good afternoon CLE!
We are experiencing a fairly wide spread on the western edge. We are in the process of assessing the problem. We will update you on the situation once we have reviewed the details. Our main focus is to restore power to all our affected customers. @CityofCleveland̵[ads1]1; ClevelandPublicPower (@clepublicpower) September 21, 2019
CPP does not indicate when power will be restored but says it affects 4,500 homes and businesses, but later tweeted the power outage can affect more people.
CPP is currently experiencing a power outage on the west side of Cleveland. About 4,500 customers near the west side may be out of business. The crews are working on this problem. @CityofCleveland
– ClevelandPublicPower (@clepublicpower) September 21, 2019
Downtime update: Upon further investigation into today's power outage, CPP has determined that the affected customer base is more expansive than originally. @CityofCleveland
– ClevelandPublicPower (@clepublicpower) September 21, 2019
Cleveland Four reporting stations in the affected areas run on generators.
All affected #CLEFIRE Drives are running on their generator systems. Send phones work and we answer emergency calls as usual. #StaySafe . https://t.co/vnVKkhRxNX Tu19199009002— ClevelandFire (@ClevelandFire) September 21, 2019
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