More than 130,000 PG&E customers in San Francisco lost power on Saturday, ABC7 San Francisco reports. According to the outlet, the first reported outages occurred at roughly 9:40 a.m. More outages happened shortly after. BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: More than 130,000 PG&E customers are without power in San Francisco. A fire at a PG&E substation could be a major factor, the SF Fire Department said. https://t.co/FstnBnaM4H pic.twitter.com/SQeHzDot1u — ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 21, 2025 ABC7 San Francisco shared further: Scattered outages were later reported in parts of the Tenderloin and downtown before spreading to several areas around the city, including parts of the Mission District, SoMa, the Chase Center, the Western Addition and other neighborhoods. PG&E said crews were evaluating the problem as of 2 p.m. and estimated most customers’ power would be back on by 3:45 p.m., with others estimated to be restored by. 7:15 p.m., according to PG&E’s outage map. PG&E tells ABC7 News, the cause is being investigated. But the San Francisco Fire Department told ABC7 there was a fire at the PG&E substation at 8th and Mission which was reported at 2:14 p.m. They said it could be a contributing major factor to the massive outage. San Francisco city officials are asking the public to not call 911 to report power outages, “unless there is a life safety emergency. Keep 911 phone open for emergencies.” “BART said trains would not run through the Powell Street, Civic Center and Van Ness stations due to the power outage,” KTVU stated. “We are working with first responders and city officials on an outage in San Francisco affecting approximately 130,000 customers. We will share more information as it becomes available,” PG&E wrote on social media. Update: We are working with first responders and city officials on an outage in San Francisco affecting approximately 130,000 customers. We will share more information as it becomes available. pic.twitter.com/l4dwqxLa1b — Pacific Gas & Electric (@PGE4Me) December 21, 2025 KTVU has more: Elias said PG&E workers inside of the substation noticed the fire and they called the SFFD. PG&E workers evacuated the substation and shut off power to the building, allowing SFFD firefighters to douse the flames. Elias said crews managed to get the fire under control with no injuries or displacement, but were working to ventilate the building after smoke accumulated inside. This story is developing.