LUMA Energy reported on Wednesday that a fault reported in the early morning hours left thousands of customers in San Juan without electricity. In a statement on social media, LUMA said some customers in the municipality are experiencing a service interruption due to a fault reported in the area overnight, and that its crews continue working to restore service safely.
According to LUMA's services portal, as of 6:20 a.m. on Wednesday, 27,153 customers were without power. Of those, 25,497 were in the San Juan region. Videos shared on social media show a flash of light in the San Juan area at around 2:00 a.m., but the article says it has not been detailed whether those events are related to the outage. The outlet said it would update the story as more information becomes available.