Toronto faced a major blackout as the majority of houses in the city were seen without power after a raccoon came into contact with Hydro One equipment at a downtown station. The outage began at about 7:40 p.m. (GMT), but all power was restored by about 10:20 p.m., according to Toronto Hydro.
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At its peak around 9:30 p.m., about 7,000 Toronto Hydro customers were affected. The utility stated that customers within the boundaries of St. Clair Avenue West to Gerrard Street West and Avenue Road to the Don Valley Parkway were affected.
Hydro One announced on X, formerly Twitter, that the outage was on its transmission system, which affected Toronto Hydro. "Crews have determined that a raccoon made contact with our equipment at a downtown Toronto station," Hydro One said.
Toronto Fire Services reported on X (formerly known as Twitter) that it responded to elevator rescues in about seven buildings. No injuries were reported.