Power outage, fire snarl Washington rush hour

A widespread power outage and subway fire left Washington dark and snarled traffic during the morning rush hour on Friday, power and transit officials said.

The Department of Homeland Security said there appeared to be no link to terrorism.

Pepco officials were investigating why a power substation failed at 10th Street around 7:30 am (local time), leaving about 7,500 customers in the dark, Pepco spokeswoman Rhonda Ellis said.