Power restored to most customers after thousands expereince outage in East York

Power has been restored to most customers after a fallen tree struck power lines, causing an outage in the Broadview North area.

Toronto Hydro confirmed the outage affected 3,400 customers.

Police said wires were down and that there was a transformer fire in the area located around Gamble Avenue between Broadview and Pape avenues just before 5 p.m.

By 6:30 p.m., the power was restored for all but 12 customers, according to Toronto Hydro.

Residents in the area heard a loud boom, according to Toronto Hydro. Police said they received calls from people stuck in elevators and calls reporting traffic lights were out in the area.

Toronto Hydro spokesperson Tori Gass said she could not confirm there was a transformer fire.

Gass said repairs are still underway with crews on the scene. They are working to restore power for the remaining customers.