Building. There was a point when we did hear some extinguishing equipment being fired off by fire crews. Weve not heard that for about the last 30 minutes. Now the big trick with an electrical fire is you cannot pour water on it because water conducts electricity and theres the risk of electrocution and having the fire spread. You have to put some sort of foam or some sort of nonconducting chemical on top of that fire to suppress it. We havent heard that in about the last half hour. Since we havent heard that or seen that weve seen the fire crews pretty much hanging back and weve seen these flames spread. Again, no one injured at this point that we have heard from official reports from either the Philadelphia Fire Department or from peco and were told everyone has been evacuated from the facility. Thats the latest from huntington park, Mitch Blacher, nbc 10 news. Well continue our coverage with nbc 10s denise nakano. The fire also causing traffic problems. What are you seeing out there
Restored within the next hour or so. Deanna durante is live. Reporter were getting some up close looking here at the damage here. You can see how widespread this substation, one of the main substations in the area, delivering power to thousands of people in philadelphia. At its peak 36,000 customers. Thats not people. Thats homes. There could be multiple people in the homes and multiple people in the businesses. Were told about 3,000 customers still in the dark right now. However, peco hoping to have the lights back on by 2 00 this afternoon. For some customers, it could be early evening. Whats still unknown is what caused this fire that broke out. Flames crawling all over the peco substation here. A very difficult fire for firefighters to put out. Were told they had to shut down all the power coming to the substation before firefighters could try to put it out with water. What we dont know again how it started and how long it will take to fix the damage. Were told that crews will be i
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