Oakland Airport, thousands more lose power due to fire

A power substation fire temporarily caused outages at the Oakland International Airport and left 50,000 customers around the east San Francisco Bay Area without electricity Sunday.

The Oakland Fire Department responded to a fire on Pacific Gas & Electric property in the early afternoon and found a transformer on fire.  The fire caused power outages in Oakland and Alameda. The Oakland International Airport, which serves about 170 flights a day, lost power for nearly two hours and also halted traffic on other roadways.