According to police, a contractor has cut a power line with a backhoe under the sidewalk outside the Chicken ‘licious restaurant at 2789 Danforth ave. putting approximately 6,000 area residents in the dark on the hottest day of the summer. The bad luck backhoe did its work on in East York. Toronto Hydro says thousands of customers are in dark from an area bounded by Danforth to Queen, and Victoria Park to Main Street. A tweet from TTCing says that the escalators are stopped at Main Street Station. Emergency crews are on scene but the prognosis is for serious sweating until at least dawn. Affected residents are asked to not open the fridge or freezer to allow for items to stay cool, while unplugging non-essential appliances in order to avoid a power surge. Toronto Star Toronto Sun #darkTO
