Hydro One Limited confirmed power has been restored to Toronto Hydro following a widespread outage in the downtown core. The outage was caused when a barge moving a crane in the upright position ran into high voltage transmission lines in the Port Lands area causing further downstream damage to equipment at a power station near The Esplanade and Lower Sherbourne Street. The established safety protocol is to stay a minimum of 10 meters away from powerlines.

Earlier this evening, Toronto Fire cleared the station allowing crews to safely reroute and restore power to Toronto Hydro. Since the start of the outage, crews and operators have been working in close partnership with Toronto Hydro to reroute power and restore Torontonians as quickly and safely as possible. With the high voltage system restored, Toronto Hydro has also restored power to all of its customers.

In the coming days, crews will continue work on the lines damaged by the crane.