Nearly 4,000 Without Power In Cranford

CRANFORD, NJ - More than 9,000 PSE&G customers, including nearly 4,000 in Cranford, are without power on Monday afternoon following a widespread outage in Union County.

The outage is affecting customers in Clark, Cranford, Garwood, Kenilworth, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, and Westfield.

PSE&G is expecting power to be restored the earliest by 1:45 p.m. and latest by 5 p.m. on Monday.

"Crews on location have confirmed there was equipment failure at the substations in Cranford and Clark. Restoration efforts have started and crews will begin to restore power to customers as soon as possible," PSE&G officials said.

Here is a breakdown of who and how many customers are without power:

Clark - 1,732
Cranford - 3,834
Garwood - 341
Kenilworth - 27
Linden - Fewer than 5
Rahway - Fewer than 5
Roselle - 85
Roselle Park - 1,828
Westfield - 1,165

The Cranford Police Departments issued statements acknowledging the "widespread power outage" and asked that residents refrain from calling 911.

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