NYC Mayor de Blasio said Sunday that investigators were still trying to determine what caused the power outage in Manhattan, but officials were 'as certain as we can be' that terrorism or a cyber attack were not to blame.
Power was restored to the heart of New York City after a major outage on Saturday impacted an estimated 72,000 customers, mostly in Manhattan's midtown and Upper West Side.
Federal authorities had confirmed that"there was no evidence whatsoever of any nefarious activity in this situation," he added.Con Edison CEO John McAvoy earlier told reporters all customers should have their power restored by midnight. As he spoke in midtown, a flash of lights came on, and people in the street cheered.
A senior city official with direct knowledge of the matter said it appeared that the outage was caused by a transformer fire. The New York City Fire Department tweeted it was at the scene of a transformer fire on West 64th Street.
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