Terri
12-21-2003, 07:43 PM
San Francisco Outage Leaves Thousands in Dark
AP
Fox News
December 21, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of customers remained without power Sunday following a massive blackout that disrupted traffic, shut down transit stations and, at its height, left a third of the city without electricity on one of the busiest days of the holiday season.
The power outage started just before 6 p.m. Saturday when a fire erupted at a major Pacific Gas & Electric Co. substation that feeds smaller neighborhood substations. The cause of the fire and outage remained under investigation, PG&E officials said.
"There's no indication that it was vandalism or sabotage. As far as the exact cause, we just don't know yet," utility spokesman Jonathan Franks said.
About 24,000 remained without power by late Sunday afternoon.
More (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106346,00.htm l)
AP
Fox News
December 21, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of customers remained without power Sunday following a massive blackout that disrupted traffic, shut down transit stations and, at its height, left a third of the city without electricity on one of the busiest days of the holiday season.
The power outage started just before 6 p.m. Saturday when a fire erupted at a major Pacific Gas & Electric Co. substation that feeds smaller neighborhood substations. The cause of the fire and outage remained under investigation, PG&E officials said.
"There's no indication that it was vandalism or sabotage. As far as the exact cause, we just don't know yet," utility spokesman Jonathan Franks said.
About 24,000 remained without power by late Sunday afternoon.
More (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106346,00.htm l)