More than 16,000 people in Sydney have been left without power in a mass outage.
The outage started about 5.50am and is currently affecting 16,620 customers in Sydney’s inner west.
Ausgrid has identified the suburbs of Leichhardt, Balmain, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Rozelle, Abbotsford, Birchgrove, Balmain East, Russell Lea, Wareemba and Rodd Point as being affected.
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The outage is estimated to finish about 8am, according to Ausgrid.
Several sets of traffic lights are out on Victoria Rd at Drummoyne as a result of the power failure.
Motorists are advised to exercise caution and allow extra travel time.
