BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Thousands of customers in Evans, Angola, and Brant received their power back after being in the dark Thursday night, according to National Grid's website. Over five thousand were affected in Evans, over one thousand were affected in Brant and nearly a thousand were affected in Angola during the peak of the outage. About 800 were effected in Eden. A spokesperson at National Grid said equipment failure at a substation caused the outage. Latest Local News Town of Tonawanda residents not worried about possible tax increase Eden resident receives donation from local veterans following July tornado Case dismissed against owner of Newfane farm sanctuary Buffalo man charged with attempted murder, shot victim while on probation Power restored to thousands in Evans, Angola Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini joined the News 4 team in 2024 as a Digital Video Producer. She is a graduate of Chatham University.