Power outage leaves thousands around Eureka without power Monday morning
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Fire response and evacuations
Just over 4,000 PG&E customers throughout the east side of Eureka and surrounding areas are without power Monday morning.
The unplanned outage was reported at just before 10:20 a.m., according to PG&E’s outage map.
The outage reached into portions of Eureka’s Old Town and downtown neighborhoods and along the waterfront and extended as far north as Woodley Island.
The lion’s share of affected areas were concentrated in Myrtletown and areas east of the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds extending southeast up Freshwater Road.
“From my mom: Right when I was at Redwood Acres, just before the fire station, something blew up on the top of one of the telephone poles,” one social media account reads.
“Sparks flew all over, so I’m hitting my car (sic), but because it was raining, they didn’t do anything. I don’t think.
Cause of fire under investigation
As of 10:45 a.m., no cause was reported by PG&E, but several community members took to Facebook to report witnessing some kind of flash and sparks being thrown.
