Crime & Safety

Power Restored to Thousands of Pacifica and Daly City Residents After Fire

Outage followed an explosion and fire in Daly City.

Thousands of PG&E customers in Daly City and Pacifica have had their power restored tonight after a fire caused an outage that left them in the dark earlier this evening, a utility spokeswoman said.

The outage was reported at 6:55 p.m., just two minutes after six fire companies responded to a report of a utility pole fire following an explosion in the area of San Pedro Road and Mission Street in Daly City, said North County Fire Authority spokesman Mat Lucett said. 

Crews found a high voltage power line down and worked with PG&E to secure the area. A building containing two businesses and a residence sustained scorching and damage to its water and gas system from the downed line. Three adult males and two dogs were displaced from the building. 

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"Red Cross was contacted to assist with alternate living arrangements for the displaced victims and there were no injuries involved," Lucett said.

The outage initially impacted about 5,800 customers, PG&E spokeswoman Jana Morris said.

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That number was down to 2,900 as of 7:15 p.m. and about 520 customers remained without power as of 8:15 p.m., Morris said.

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Bay City News contributed to this report.


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