Downtown Kansas City fire knocks out power to 20 KCP&L customers

A fire knocked out power to about 20 KCP&L customers in downtown Kansas City Monday afternoon.

The fire was reported about 1:24 p.m., and affected customers were in an area generally bounded by Broadway and Main Street and 18th to 20th streets, said Rebecca Galati, a spokeswoman for KCP&L.

Crews have restored power to some of the customers affected by the outage.

This story was originally published December 5, 2016 at 3:07 PM with the headline "Downtown Kansas City fire knocks out power to 20 KCP&L customers."