Tuesday, August 23, 2016

75,000 CenterPoint customers without power after electric substation fire in northwest Harris County, Texas












Over 75,000 CenterPoint Energy customers are without power.

Updated 5 mins ago

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS (KTRK) -- A CenterPoint Energy substation fire prompted a shelter-in-place Tuesday afternoon in northwest Harris County. According to CenterPoint, approximately 75,000 customers have lost power due to the fire.



Authorities were called to the scene of the fire at 12801 Grant Road just after 5pm. Crews conducted several tests to cool off the building before further equipment was destroyed. CenterPoint says its customers could be without power for 10 to 12 hours.



Lone Star College says its Cy-Fair location will remain closed until Wednesday morning.











CenterPoint Energy says its working to re-route power at this time. To track the outage in your area, CLICK HERE.


No other details have been released.