"About 16,500 customers were affected by a power outage caused by a Pacific Gas & Electric substation in Saratoga on Wednesday morning. A utility company spokeswoman said they received reports of a fire at the substation around 8:25 a.m. Wednesday. Santa Clara County Fire personnel responded to make sure surrounding community and PG&E employees were safe. The fire was isolated to a certain area of the substation and ended up extinguishing by itself, so no fire suppression efforts occurred."
"Power has since between restored for all customers. The spokeswoman said equipment failure caused the fire, but the cause for the equipment failure is under investigation. PG&E used the time between the storm Tuesday night and Wednesday night to send crews to areas that would be impacted by the weather with enough equipment to restore power and respond to any outages quickly and safely."
A fire at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation in Saratoga caused a power outage affecting about 16,500 customers Wednesday morning. Santa Clara County Fire responded and the fire remained confined to a specific substation area and extinguished itself without suppression efforts. PG&E restored power to a majority of customers within the first hour and later reported power restored for all customers. PG&E attributed the fire to equipment failure and said the cause of that failure is under investigation. Separately, storm-related downed trees and broken poles caused outages for fewer than 3,000 customers in Los Gatos, Sunnyvale and Saratoga, while a San Francisco blackout affected 125,000 customers and was later restored.
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