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CFE Line Failure Triggers Blackout Across Morelia and Nearby Municipalities

Officials attribute the outage to a CFE transmission-line fault originating near Tzitzio.

Overview

  • State civil protection said outages extended beyond Morelia to Tzitzio, Queréndaro, Tarímbaro and Cuitzeo following Tuesday night rains.
  • The agency reported that CFE identified a generalized failure in a transmission line as the likely source of the disruption.
  • Authorities established contact with CFE through the C5i control center to consolidate incident data and coordinate response.
  • In Morelia, at least 20 colonias reported power cuts that darkened public lighting and disabled traffic signals.
  • Users also reported brief interruptions in parts of Guanajuato, including Moroleón and Uriangato, and officials have not provided a timeline for full restoration.