Outage Affects 20,000, Closes Canadian Tunnel

Thousands of customers on Detroit’s east side temporarily lost power and a tunnel connecting the city with Canada was shut down for about two hours when the lights went out.

The power outage, which affected about 20,000 customers, was caused by a malfunction at an electrical station that feeds several substations, said Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE Energy Co.

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