Power outage hits University of Michigan's central campus

U-M Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Diane Brown said multiple buildings lost power at 10:06 a.m.

The Literature, Sciences and Arts building, Angell Hall, West and East quadrangles, the Student Activities Center and the University Health Service are among the buildings without power. South Quad will likely be without power until about 2 p.m. today.

Other buildings, such as the Student Union, had their power restored by 11 a.m.

Brown said there were "multiple" cases of individuals stuck in elevators due to the outage and that "all people have been extricated from the elevators."

"When power is interrupted elevators tend to stop," she said.

Brown said Plant Operations is investigating what caused the substation to stop functioning.

"It’s a scramble right now," she said.

U-M had two serious power outages in November. One occurred at the Michigan Stadium prior to the Nebraska game and another occurred on central campus during classes.

This report will be updated as AnnArbor.com receives additional information.