BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thousands of National Grid customers in Erie County lost power on Friday night.
The outages started as far north as Derby and Eden and ran south — along the Thruway , Route 5, and U.S. 62 — down to North Collins, Brant, Farnham, and Irving.
Approximately 9,000 customers lacked power, starting around 7:30 p.m. Friday. Estimated restoration times, depending on where the customers lived, ranged from 9:30 to 9:45 p.m. Friday.
The numbers of customers impacted by the outage dropped to around 6,000 by 9:50 p.m.
The same area experienced a power outage back on Oct. 3, following an equipment failure at a substation.
2 On Your Side reached out to National Grid for more information. We did not immediately hear back.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, on social media, said he was told the cause of the power outage.
"I've been advised about 8,900 @nationalgridus customers are without power in southern Erie county due to a fire at a substation. It is expected most will be re-energized by 9:45 PM," he said.
