Hanford News: October 21 Fresno-Selma Power Outages Were Regional, Not Confirmed in Hanford

HANFORD — REGIONAL UPDATE, OCTOBER 22, 2026. A Wednesday storm outage report from nearby Fresno County may matter to Hanford commuters and businesses, but Hanford is in Kings County and cannot be counted among the affected locations without its own service data.

According to Sanger News, the California58 local newsroom following the Fresno County incidents, PG&E’s outage map showed a combined 9,702 customers affected in 14 outages across the Fresno and near-Selma area during a Wednesday afternoon, October 21 snapshot. Most of those cases were attributed to the storm. Earlier in the day, separate outages were reported in the Clovis and Sanger areas.

Those figures are historical observations, not proof that the same customers remained without power on October 22. PG&E may restore one circuit while continuing repairs on another.

Was Hanford affected?

The underlying reports do not establish a separate Hanford outage or customer total. As of the dated snapshot described in Sanger News, thousands of accounts in the Fresno/Selma region were affected by multiple PG&E incidents. Those numbers were not a Kings County customer count or a Thursday real-time total.

How residents can follow conditions

If an employee or family member travels toward Selma or Fresno, check the status at their destination separately from the electrical service in Hanford.

Customers can consult the PG&E outage map and the reporting line 1-800-743-5002. Stay clear of downed wires and report immediate hazards to 911. PG&E’s separately published October 22 Public Safety Power Shutoff forecast did not anticipate a planned PSPS on this date; that does not rule out accidental storm-related outages.

The original local report

Read Sanger News: Fresno County storm outages on October 21 for the event timeline, confirmed reporting locations and source context. California58 links back to the reporting newsroom rather than reproducing the same full article in neighboring publications.

Editorial disclosure: This is a regional notice for Hanford readers within approximately 50 miles of the reported incident. No separate electricity failure in Hanford is asserted. Incident status and customer totals can change after publication.

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