Los Angeles – Rolling blackouts were snarling traffic and trapping people in elevators in three sections of Los Angeles today. as the city grappled with a major power shortage due to the Sylmar-area brushfire.
The Mid City, Crenshaw, Harbor Gateway and Sherman Oaks areas were cut out of the Department of Water and Power’s grid at midmorning.
Traffic began backing up on at least one San Fernando Valley freeway today, as a fire-related electrical blackout caused traffic signals to fail on surface streets.
The Los Angeles fire department reported numerous stuck elevators in the Sherman Oaks area, where a power outage has struck several neighborhoods.
Traffic on the Ventura (101) Freeway backed up at the Van Nuys Bouelvard interchange due to failed traffic signals on nearby surface streets.
This follows an announcement by the Department of Water and Power that it would institute rolling blackouts to reduce load on its system, as power lines in the Newhall Pass area have been taken out of service as the fire burns through the area.
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