Power went out for as many as 100,000 customers throughout Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 8, according to published reports.
As of 1:30 p.m. the outage affected neighborhoods such as Leimert Park, Westlake, Mid-Wilshire, Palms, Koreatown and Baldwin Hills, NBC 4 reported on its website.
An hour later, the outage appeared to be mostly fixed, according to the LA Department of Water and Powerâs outage map.
But it wasnât before the Los Angeles Fire Deparfment received nearly 60 calls for people stuck in elevelators since 1 p.m., due to the power outage, department spokesperson Margaret Stewart said.
A department spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.