A massive power outage impacted thousands on Saturday in Portage, the Michigan city as Kalamazoo County Dispatch issued an update on the situation.
“Kalamazoo County Dispatch is aware of the power outage effecting Portage. For restoration times please contact Consumers Energy directly,” the government organization wrote on Facebook and added a warning that if a traffic light is out then an intersection should be treated as a four way stop.
The warning indicated that public services and traffic might be impacted due to the outage though there’s been no reports of the same yet. Portage is south of the city of Kalamazoo and is part of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As per Consumers Energy over 7,000 people have been impacted and the area of South Westnedge Avenue and I-94 has been hit the worst.
Portage power outage: Map and areas affected
One person informed on a local Facebook group “No power on Oakland from Milham past romance, South land us out, Speedway on milham is out.” Yet another wrote “Power outage at Sam’s club.” It is located at 7021 S Westnedge Ave, Portage.
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To this, one person shared a map of the outage from Consumers Energy.
“Pretty much everything east of 131 to just beyond Westnedge, and south of 94 to Center Ave is out,” they wrote.
Portage power outage: When will power be restored
As per Consumers Energy power is expected to be restored in impacted areas by May 23 9:30pm. However, this is an estimated timeline that has been provided.
A cause for the outage was not immediately clear though the Consumers Energy site noted there was ‘equipment issue’ detected.
Portage power outage: Reactions
Several people reacted to the power outage in Portage. “No wonder our electricity blinked on East Osterhout,” one person wrote. Another added “Transformer blew up behind Home Depot.”
Some shared areas they were seeing no power in. “No power at Timberwood crossing either,” one wrote and another added “No power here at The View apartments.”
Yet another chipped in saying “A tree took out the power by foxwood wherever that is.” With the power outage, traffic lights are also getting impacted, which could cause accidents. “Westnedge has some traffic lights out! Just witnessed a near accident as drivers are failing to treat these as four way stops,” one wrote.
Another added “Same at Firestone, the Cadilliac dealer and Olive Garden,” speaking of the outage. Yet another said “Just had internet issues on south side of town.”
