Major subway disruptions after the power surge in New York

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) – On Sunday night there are major subway disruptions following a power outage in parts of New York City.

The MTA has tweeted that there is extremely limited service on trains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and L due to the climb.

Con Edison tweeted that it was the result of a sewer fire in Long Island City.

The mayor says there was never an explosion: people only saw the steam from a private power plant.

Officials say there was a brief disruption to transmission in the area, but no customers have lost electricity.

The incident is being investigated.

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