Evergy responds to outage in southwest Wichita that affected over 6K customers - KSN-TV
Power restored to over 6K Evergy customers after outage Sunday
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Evergy responded to an outage in southwest Wichita Sunday evening that affected over 6,000 customers. Power has since been restored.
Evergy’s outage map states that the first outage report came out at 4:41 p.m.
The estimated restoration is 6:15 p.m.
An Evergy spokesperson tells KSN a fire at the substation was due to equipment failure.
“About 4,000 of the customers impacted were restored within 30 minutes and the remainder by about 6:40 p.m.,” the spokesperson said.
The Red Cross has opened a cooling center for those affected by the power outage. It is at Woodman Elementary School, 2500 S. Hiram St, and will be open until around 9:30 p.m.
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