Detroit power outage: Cable failure darkens parts of city
| Detroit
A Detroit power聽outage has been affecting several government buildings in聽Detroit聽and left some areas without working traffic lights.
Detroit聽Public Schools says it's dismissing students at mid-day Tuesday because of the outage, which happened at about 10:30 a.m.
Detroit's聽public lighting department, which serves areas affected by the outage, says "a major cable failure" caused the cash-strapped city's aging grid to lose聽power.
Wayne State University says it also is closing for the day, while service has suspended by the聽Detroit聽People Mover, an elevated rail line looping downtown.
Other affected facilities include Joe Louis Arena, home of hockey's聽Detroit聽Red Wings, and fire stations.
Power聽was being gradually restored to some buildings and traffic signals by early afternoon.
"We have isolated the issue and are working to restore power as soon as possible," the city said in a statement. Roughly 1,000 sites were hit by the Detroit power outage, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Detroit-based DTE Energy Co. say it's assisting the city.
