Power restored in Toronto’s downtown core after transmission station fire
Written by The Canadian Press on May 26, 2026
TORONTO — Toronto Hydro says power has been restored to hundreds of customers who were affected by an outage in the downtown core after a transmission station fire on Tuesday.
The outage happened around noon and knocked out power to hospitals, a university and part of the financial district as utility crews scrambled to assess the damage.
Hydro One, the provincial utility, said it was assessing the damage after a small fire at a transmission station near Dundas and Bay streets, and repairs to the equipment will continue over the coming days.
No major impacts were reported at two Toronto hospitals in the affected area.
The Hospital for Sick Children said it briefly lost power before it was restored, while the Toronto General Hospital website said there were no widespread patient care impacts as it dealt with the outage.
Staff and students at Toronto Metropolitan University’s downtown campus were told to evacuate due to the power failure, with fire detection and sprinkler systems inside the buildings potentially knocked off-line.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 26, 2026.
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