Downtown Toronto suffers power failure

The Toronto Stock Exchange said its offices temporarily lost power but its systems did not. The outage caused traffic lights to stop working in one area, according to a Reuters witness.


Reuters | Ottawa | Updated: 11-08-2022 23:29 IST | Created: 11-08-2022 23:18 IST
Downtown Toronto suffers power failure
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A power outage in Toronto's downtown core on Thursday left the offices of Canada's top businesses in the dark and forced the evacuation of one of the cities biggest shopping malls.

Power utility Hydro One said the outage affected 10,000 customers in downtown Toronto. The utility was investigating but gave no details on the cause. The Toronto Stock Exchange said its offices temporarily lost power but its systems did not.

The outage caused traffic lights to stop working in one area, according to a Reuters witness. Toronto Police told people to treat those intersections as four-way stops. The outage started around noon EDT (1600 GMT). Some Hydro One customers aired complaints on Twitter.

The website of Toronto Hydro, Hydro One's local unit, also appeared to be down for maintenance.

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