AUSTIN, Texas — Thousands of East Austin residents were without power after a fire early Monday morning.
According to a social media post from the Austin Police Department (APD), crews arrived just before 4:30 a.m. to the 9800 block of Middle Fiskville Rd. because of a small fire.
APD said the fire happened at the Austin Energy Power Grid, resulting in a "large power outage" for customers east of Interstate Highway 35, near Braker Lane.
Austin Energy's outage map reported more than 6,000 customers without power at the start of the fire, but these numbers have since returned to normal.
KVUE spoke with crews on scene around 5 a.m., who said that a transformer blew but that it has since been redistributed.
The impacted roadways near Middle Fiskville Road were temporarily closed after the fire, and both APD and the Austin Fire Department (AFD) responded on scene.
The Austin Energy map no longer shows these outages as of 5:30 a.m.