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Thousands were without power in downtown Toronto on Thursday night following a fire around Adelaide and George streets, Toronto Police said.

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Toronto Hydro reported that about 6,500 customers in downtown Toronto were without power as of around 8:15 p.m.

The George-street fire was at a hydro vault around 8:49 p.m. and was quickly extinguished by Toronto Firefighters, said Captain David Eckerman.

An online outage map showed the outage area to span from Yonge Street to the Don Valley Parkway between Lake Ontario and Rosedale Valley Road. Outages were also reported between Bathurst and Yonge Streets between Eglinton and Lawrence Avenue.

Officers were deployed to the downtown area to help guide traffic in areas where traffic lights had no power.

A Toronto Hydro spokesperson said a circuit breaker overheated, causing a “contained fire” at the George street station.

The work crew is uncertain of why the breaker malfunctioned, but spokesperson Tanya Bruckmueller-Wilson said Toronto Hydro has seen a surge in power demands amid this week’s heat wave.