An ‘explosion’ at a Con Edison power facility in Brooklyn on Thursday night briefly plunged parts of New York City into darkness.
Lights reportedly flickered across the New York City boroughs and parts of New Jersey.
The temporary outage delayed subways, froze escalators and elevators, and disrupted traffic lights in the Big Apple.
“Black smoke was seen coming from the power facility in Brooklyn at 11.55pm on Thursday night,” Daily Mail reports.
According to Rawsalerts, some witnesses described seeing a green flash before lights flickered around New York City.
🚨 #BREAKING: Explosion at a Con Edison Electrical Substation Causes Widespread Flickering Lights Across the City into New Jersey
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⁰Emergency personnel are currently on the scene after multiple reports of an explosion took place at a Con Edison… pic.twitter.com/qGG1T1uV0Z— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) December 15, 2023
UPDATE: ⚠️ Long Island Railroad reports:
"All elevators and escalators at Grand Central are OUT OF SERVICE due to an ongoing Con Edison power problem." https://t.co/CWsqolxPDo
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) December 15, 2023
“Con Edison said the issue was due to a fault on a power line at its facility on John Street in Dumbo. Most electricity is back up and running,” Daily Mail added.
“Black smoke was seen coming from the power facility in Brooklyn at 11.55pm on Thursday night and a momentary power outage followed with lights flickering for a few seconds.
It plunged the city into chaos temporarily with multiple reports of people trapped in elevators and stuck… pic.twitter.com/kELXpcYFje
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Chief Nerd writes:
“Black smoke was seen coming from the power facility in Brooklyn at 11.55pm on Thursday night and a momentary power outage followed with lights flickering for a few seconds.
It plunged the city into chaos temporarily with multiple reports of people trapped in elevators and stuck on the subway for up to 20 minutes. Some motorists also reported blinking traffic lights.
Alarming footage showed a security guard at a Wegmans store in Brooklyn being rescued from an elevator by firefighters. At Grand Central station all elevators and escalators were out of service due to the power issue.
BREAKING: New York City is plunged into sudden darkness as mass power outage rocks the Big Apple: Smoke billows out of Con Edison plant after an 'explosion'
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— Liam McCollum (@MLiamMcCollum) December 15, 2023
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Daily Mail reports:
Lights were reported flickering in neighborhoods including Lower Manhattan, the Upper East Side, Bed-Stuy, Downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City.
The New York City Fire Department was quickly at the scene and sirens were seen flashing from the Con Edison plant after the failure. New York City Police Department officers were also spotted outside the gates of the facility.
Con Edison told DailyMail.com its crews are investigating the power failure. ‘A fault on a high-tension transmission line occurred at a Con Edison substation in Brooklyn at approximately 11:55 pm last night,’ a spokesman said.
‘Customers may have experienced a dip or surge in power at that time. Crews are investigating and working to make necessary repairs.’
Residents across New York City complained about the brief power cut with most left confused about the outage.
Multiple people claimed to hear an ‘explosion’ from the power plant, while others felt a rumble.
The brief power outage in America’s biggest city follows reports earlier this week of online hackers allegedly affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army infiltrating critical services in the United States.
DEVELOPING: United States Reportedly Hit With Cyberattack By ‘China’s Cyber Army’
It’s critical to note the World Economic Forum has predicted for years that a cyber attack would cause more worldwide disruption than COVID-19.
Just thought I would post this video as a reminder of Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum making it EXTREMELY CLEAR, crystal clear, that a cyber-attack, or what he terms a Cyber Pandemic, could potentially disrupt the power grid.
I post this because of the Netflix movie… pic.twitter.com/XP89u07dwW
— Bruce Snyder (@realBruceSnyder) December 8, 2023
From the WEF:
The New York City incident also follows the Netflix release of Leave the World Behind, which describes a cyber apocalypse that renders commonly-used technology useless.
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