Update: Power was restored to almost every customer at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
There’s a power outage affecting about 6,600 I&M customers in Elkhart.
Residents mostly to the north of Bristol Street in Elkhart lost power at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, according to the Elkhart Truth.
The utility’s outage map showed a large swath of Elkhart and Osolo Township north of Bristol Street, south of the Michigan-Indiana state line between C.R. 7 and Jeanwood Drive included in the outage.
Equipment at a substation failed, and the utility says power could start being restored as early as 4 p.m., according to Indiana-Michigan Power.
In the meantime, the Elkhart Fire Department was called to a hotel on Elkhart’s north side in response to people being trapped in an elevator. There’s also multiple reports of traffic lights out. Treat any intersection as a four-way stop if the lights are out.
POWER OUTAGE just expanded west all the way to Birch Road in St. Joseph County pic.twitter.com/zFt1eHsoXN
— The Elkhart Truth (@ElkhartTruth) May 9, 2017
POWER OUTAGE means several businesses up and down Cassopolis Street are temporarily closing https://t.co/84CNDZIFh8
— The Elkhart Truth (@ElkhartTruth) May 9, 2017
AVOID THE AREA of Cassopolis Street and C.R. 6. Traffic is a parking lot in all four directionshttps://t.co/kMWq1oA4Zk
— The Elkhart Truth (@ElkhartTruth) May 9, 2017
Elkhart police, the street crews and emergency management are trying to direct traffic at busy intersectionshttps://t.co/kMWq1oA4Zk
— The Elkhart Truth (@ElkhartTruth) May 9, 2017
