Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Transformer blows up with flash of light
Transformer explosion at Lincoln &Idaho put one block of residential buildings into a power outage for about an hour and a half tonight. A balloon is visible in this photo on the line
Transformer explosion at Lincoln &Idaho put one block of residential buildings into a power outage for about an hour and a half tonight.
An electrical transformer exploded near the corner of Idaho and Lincoln at 6:56 pm Friday. It was in the alley between 9th Street and Lincoln Blvd, between Idaho and Washington.
Residents heard an explosion and saw a flash of light. Santa Monica fire units responded in force, as they customarily do. The power was out on the block. Edison respondents shortly there after with crews of lineman
It was possible a balloon visible on the line caused the pop and smoke, said one firefighter. At least one firefighter thought so.
"We can arrive earlier than Southern California Edison with our lights and sirens. So we come first to secure the area, make sure there's no fire, and wait for SCE" one firefighter explained to us.
A coupe of hours later, power was restored to the area.
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