Update : According to the Con Edison outage map, as of 5:35 p.m., power has been restored to all customers.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 1,400 customers were without power in the Eltingville, New Springville and Greenridge neighborhoods on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Con Edison online outage map.

The incident occurred around 3:50 p.m. as fire personnel responded to a report of a smoking manhole at Richmond Avenue and Arthur Kill Road, according to an FDNY spokesperson.

Con Edison was notified and the FDNY departed the scene around 4:15 p.m., the spokesperson said.

Crews for Con Edison were seen at the intersection investigating the situation that Allan Drury, a spokesman for the utility company, said was likely caused by a failure in the underground power delivery syste

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