Thousands Were Left In The Dark In The South Hills

PITTSBURGH – (WPXI)- More than 4,000 customers in the South Hills were without power for several hours Wednesday, according to West Penn Power. Areas affected by the outage included Bethel Park, Elizabeth Township, Jefferson Hills, Pleasant Hills, South Park and Upper St. Clair.  South Park Elementary Center was closed because of the outage, the South Park School District’s superintendent said, and Gill Hall Elementary School in the West Jefferson Hills School District was also closed, the district’s website said. According to West Penn Power’s website, the cause of the outage is “equipment damage.”