Power outage hits NIPSCO customers in Northwest Indiana, especially Gary

NIPSCO is responding power outages in Northwest Indiana Thursday evening, the majority in Gary.

The utility said crews are working to fix the outage. CBS Skywatch was over crews working on the lines around 5 p.m.

As of 10 p.m., NIPSCO reported more than 1,800 customers were without power, the majority of which - more than 1,300 - are in Gary.

At one point, more than 2,300 customers were without power. 

It's not clear what caused this latest outage, but it follows most customers going at least two weeks without power due to severe storms in August.

Residents of Northwest Indiana are demanding accountability from the power company, and want an investigation into whether they had done enough to maintain power lines and clear trees before the storms on Aug. 11 knocked out power to more than 370,000 customers.