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Toronto Restores Power After Hydro One Fire Disrupts Downtown

5/27/2026

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Toronto Hydro restored power to downtown Toronto by 4 p.m. on May 26, 2026 after a fire at Hydro One’s Terawley Transmission Station caused an outage.
The fire knocked out electricity to the financial district, traffic lights and Eaton Centre billboards.
About 1,360 customers lost service at the outage’s peak.
Toronto Metropolitan University evacuated buildings such as RAC and JOR because fire-detection and sprinkler systems were offline.

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Story summary

Toronto Hydro restored power to downtown Toronto by 4 p.m. on May 26, 2026 after a fire at Hydro One’s Terawley Transmission Station caused an outage.
The fire knocked out electricity to the financial district, traffic lights and Eaton Centre billboards.
About 1,360 customers lost service at the outage’s peak.
Toronto Metropolitan University evacuated buildings such as RAC and JOR because fire-detection and sprinkler systems were offline.