SCHENECTADY COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — More than 20,000 National Grid customers lost power Sunday morning in Schenectady County, according to an online outage map. The outages spanned across Schenectady and Rotterdam.
A National Grid spokesperson and Schenectady Fire Chief Don Mareno told NEWS10 the outage is attributed to two incidents in Rotterdam. A fire at the Wagon Train BBQ restaurant on Mariaville Road between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. which impacted a power line, and a vehicle that crashed into a power pole on Altamont Avenue, both contributed to the issues.
According to National Grid’s outage map, most of the affected areas had their power restored by 9:45 a.m.