SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – More than 5,000 PG&E customers in Santa Clara County lost power Sunday afternoon due to a public safety outage, according to the utility’s website.

Power is out for 5,882 PG&E customers, according to the PG&E Outage Map as of 1:30 p.m. The map is at https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools/outage-map/.

PG&E warned last week that up to 28,000 customers in several counties may have to have their power turned off for safety reasons due to dry and windy weather conditions that pose the risk of wildfires starting and spreading.

People can find out if their location is at risk from the utility’s power shutoff actions by visiting www.pge.com/pspsupdates.

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