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Knows in new york. from the west side to the river, you're looking at apartment building, apartment building, business after business without power unless they have generators. again, all this appears to have been caused as a result of a manhole explosion and transformer fire. there were two instances. as a result, there is no power no, lights in many buildings at many intersections on the west side of manhattan impacting tens of thousands of people. >> as we look at 30 rockefeller plaza, i can't help but think, we hope everybody is safe but this will be an expensive blackout. fifth avenue. ma...

I saw the last updates from the fire department in new york saying they were trying to get a hold on the transformer fire. but no injuries reported associated with that. and at the last update the new york city subway system advising people to avoid underground subway stations and use buses if you can. traffic is moving, but it's being directed by hand by some of new york city's finest. folks are just doing the best they can and waiting for the lights to come back on. in the meantime enjoying a simpler time. leland: there is a lot of things we take for granted. you press a button and you expec...

That hit manhattan and perhaps other burrows of new york city as a result of a transformer fire. perhaps the worst effect of all of this is the some of the subway system is without power. and a dark subway station is no place you want to be. we'll continue our coverage right after this. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago.

>> all right. thank you for doing that and reporting there from the theater district here in the midtown manhattan area. we have a live picture coming from times square. as sunset comes upon us here, locally about 30 minutes, you can get a sense. there are some places that have gone black. because of the power outage, according to the person who spoke with the senior city official, that there was a transformer fire that could have caused this. the number up in the last minute, 38,000. let's go to the new york city council speaker. is that what we're hearing? a transformer fire? >> yeah, on wes...

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