NYC power fully restored

New York officials say power has been restored to hundreds of thousands of customers following a blackout in Manhattan.

Screens in Times Square are black during a widespread power outage, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in New York. [Photo: IC]

More than 70,000 customers were left in the dark during the hour-long power outage in the Upper West Side. Power was restored just before midnight.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the blackout is "dangerous" and "you just can't have a power outage of this magnitude in this city."

The New York City Fire Department said a transformer fire started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue knocked out power to businesses, subway stations and forced shows to cancel in the theater district.