Update: Outage around Land Park affects 4,000 homes, some won’t be restored until afternoon

About 600 homes remain without power after a Friday morning outage knocked out electricity for about 4,000 homes in the neighborhoods south of Land Park, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

The neighborhoods affected include Land Park, South Land Park, Hollywood Park, Mangan Park and some businesses near the intersection of Freeport Boulevard and Fruitridge Road.

SMUD reported the outage just at 7:01 a.m. and said the outage was unplanned. About 4,000 ratepayers lost power initially, said SMUD spokeswoman Lindsay VanLaningham, but she said crews quickly restored power to all but 558 homes. Power to those homes aren’t expected to be back on until 3 p.m., she said.

SMUD’s outage page says the fault was caused by a “problem with underground cable.”

This story was originally published August 30, 2019 at 7:38 AM.