ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A large Duke Energy power outage in Pinellas County disrupted traffic signals in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, according to police.
Initially, more than 14,000 Duke Energy customers in Pinellas County were without power on Tuesday afternoon, according to the company's power outage map. By 3:45 p.m., the number of outages in Pinellas County was down to just under 6,000.
The first outages in Pinellas County were reported around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The outage was caused by damage to Duke Energy's transmission lines.
According to St. Petersburg Police, the outage caused a number of traffic signals to stop working.
Traffic Alert: there are a number of traffic signals temporarily malfunctioning due to a power outage. Treat them like a 4-way stop. pic.twitter.com/zygsMzYd5b
— St. Pete Police (@StPetePD) July 17, 2018
The traffic lights were all working again by 4:30 p.m., according to St. Pete Police.
All traffic lights are back in working order! https://t.co/E0LIdERkM7
— St. Pete Police (@StPetePD) July 17, 2018
