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the emergency power generation we do not know. but this is a huge power outage that has hit a significant part of new york city and perhaps on the worst night of the week for that kind of thing as councilman corey john on was saying. this is a big night for broadway and all the attendant businesses that support it. that s millions and millions of dollars of economic business that is going to be going down the drain. all because of what the mayor says was a fire in a manhole that obviously carried power cables and short things out. there is a gap or not far from our offices in central midtown manhattan, and that has closed. just another example of the kind of commerce that cannot be conducted as a result of this power outage. so a power outage in new york
very, very well. so patrick, thanks very much. look at a very dark times square. that almost never happened. some of the video billboard are illuminated on the left of the screen. but most of of times square is dark as a result of this power outage as the result of an underground fire in a manhole that carries the electrical cables on a very hot day. it left 50,000 customer without power. a customer isn t necessarily one human being. a customer could be an entire building. this is a significant event in new york city. it s on the 42nd anniversary of the great plaqueout of 197 blackout of 1977. two big stories year covering. the new york city power outage
that s probably the time when this started when a power surge or some issue of that kind caused a fire in an underground power station manhole and a dark new york city is the result. so far things seem to be going well on 42nd treat and 5th avenue. this comes exactly 42 years to the day after one of the worst events new york city has seen in recent sames, a blackout of 77 which resulted in hundreds of stores being looted, arson fires set across this city and a number of criminal problems. you heard our gil alba say this is a different think than the
bow tie where 7th avenue and broadway cross. that s where the famous times square ball normally drops from on new year s eve. some of the display screens are work on the left. times square normally known for its fantastical luminescence is dark. a big power outage has hit new york city, nearly 50,000 customers without power as a result after transformer fire underground in a manhole. we ll check in with patrick broslin, a former new york city police detective. where are you and are you seeing the results of this significant blackout? i m in new york on the upper