Hundreds of residents and businesses in Long Beach, Calif. will be without power until Friday evening, according to reports.
Long Beach, a city of nearly half-a-million, was struck by a power outage on Thursday for the second time this month. Initially roughly 30,000 thousand Southern California Edison customers were without power.
On Friday morning an announcement on the city’s website indicated power had been restored to most customers.
“As of this 6;00 a.m., approximately 250-300 customers are still without power. The area is still centered around 9th Street and Locust Avenue,” the announcement stated.
The fire was reportedly caused by an underground fire in an electrical vault that caused an explosion that ejected two manhole covers. No injuries were reported.
A similar fire on July 15 knocked out power to the city for roughly 5,000 customers, and power wasn’t restored for more than three days.
City officials took to social media to keep residents informed.
Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal wrote on her Facebook page: “Generators are being deployed and a shelter is being opened.”
Some residents expressed their growing irriatoin at the city’s now recurring blackout problems.
(Downtown Long Beach) MANDATORY Edison underground inspections soon? Or wait til a Flying man hole cover kills someone??” one person wrote on Mayor Robert Garcia’s Facebook page.
Topics California
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