Thousands Lose Power In Hartford: Reports

HARTFORD, CT — More than 9,000 Eversource Energy customers were without power in Hartford Wednesday morning and it has nothing to do with the rain/windstorm hitting the state today.

Rather, WFSB Channel 3 is reporting that an underground electrical fire on Elm Street in the city has shut off power to many customers in the city.

WFSB reports that, as a result, Hartford Hospital is operating via generators Wednesday morning.

According to WVIT Channel 30, Eversource crews were able to find the source of the fire in an electical vault and have extinguished the blaze, though it is not known when power will be restored.

As of 6:38 a.m., Eversource is reporting that 9,021 customers are without power in Hartford, comprising all of the power outages going on in Connecticut at the time.

For the full WFSB Channel 3 report, click on this link.

For the full WVIT Channel 30 report, click on this link.

For the latest Eversource power outage breakdown, click on this link.