UPDATE: National Grid says power has been restored to Parkside neighborhood. Buffalo Zoo still without power.
ORIGINAL: Buffalo Police and Fire crews were busy this morning dealing with numerous traffic signals being out in the Parkside neighborhood.
Officials noted they were investigating smoke coming from a manhole cover on Amherst Street and Greenfield Street.
The signal is still out at Amherst Street and Parkside Avenue, as well as Amherst and Colvin Avenue. Residents in that area are also dealing with power outages.
National Grid is on the scene working to restore power. Police ask people to avoid that area if possible.
Update: signal still out at Amherst and Parkside and Amherst and Colvin. Some residents still are without power but National Grid is on scene working on it.— Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) January 19, 2019
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted approximately 800 customers are affected in the Parkside neighborhood due to an underground cable burnout.
I’ve spoken to @nationalgridus representatives & @MayorByronBrown about the @ParksideBuffalo neighborhood power outage. Due to the cold temperature & the expected delay in power restoration the city may open up a warming shelter. For more info on the outage go to NG’s website.— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) January 19, 2019
Poloncarz also says due to the cold temperatures and expected delays in power restoration the city may open a warming shelter.
Buffalo Council Member Joel Feroleto has opened a warming shelter for those affected by the power outage at the North Buffalo Community Center at 203 Sanders Road.
North buffalo community center at 203 Sanders Road is open as a warming station. Please let people without power in Parkside know they can come here.— Joel Feroleto (@JoelFeroleto) January 19, 2019
Feroleto says residents should start seeing restoration later this afternoon, some residents won’t have power until midnight.
National Grid crews are working on the issue at the Buffalo Zoo and the estimated restoration time is sometime around 11 p.m.
