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140,000 Customers Without Power After Electrical Fire, Explosion at LADWP Plant in Northridge
KTLA ^
| Updated at 09:04PM, July 8, 2017
| Posted 7:39 PM, July 8, 2017, by Mariel Turner,
Posted on 07/08/2017 9:35:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The 230 Kilovolt equipment, which carries high voltage electricity and distributes it to customers in the surrounding area, caught fire, according to a LADWP press release.
The fire only affected one portion of the station but power to and from the facility has been shut off while LAFD personnel work to put the fire out, the Department added.
Residential and commercial customers across San Fernando Valley are without power and the blackout extends for 15-square miles, according to the LADWP.
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Crews will begin reenergizing affected areas once the fire has been extinguished. Power is expected to be out for at least three hours, according to Fire Chief Butler.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: dwp; explosion; fire; ladwp
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posted on
07/08/2017 9:35:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
let me guess what’s next. cause unknown but we know it’s not terror related
2
posted on
07/08/2017 9:39:59 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
To: stylin19a
Been pretty hot in the Valley with hundreds of thousands of AC units running. Could be it just got overloaded.
But iff it was sabotage, we probably won’t here it reported on the news.
3
posted on
07/08/2017 9:46:06 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
A high powered rifle can punch holes in transformers cause then to over heat.
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posted on
07/08/2017 9:52:20 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: BenLurkin
Brutal time to lose power. News on KNX started reporting about the outage around 5pm today.
5
posted on
07/08/2017 9:53:20 PM PDT
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: BenLurkin
Possibly aging system and maintenance issues like NYC subway system. California systematically shut down the nuclear power plants. They needed the added electricity generated by them.
6
posted on
07/08/2017 9:54:28 PM PDT
by
The Westerner
(Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education!)
To: BenLurkin
If it’s only 140,000, I’ll be quite surprised.
7
posted on
07/08/2017 9:55:40 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: BenLurkin
.
We of course know that Islamic Terror had absolutely nothing to do with this!
.
8
posted on
07/08/2017 9:56:39 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: BenLurkin
Better fire up those windmills and PE panels. Oh, wait, it's nighttime and the wind is calm. Sh!t, sorry about that.
To: DoughtyOne
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Probably more like twice that.
Northridge, North hills, Burbank, Pacoima, Hollywood....
.
10
posted on
07/08/2017 10:02:13 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: BenLurkin
i have been out for 3 hours
11
posted on
07/08/2017 10:14:32 PM PDT
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: BenLurkin
We just received a substantial X-ray flare.
12
posted on
07/08/2017 10:15:15 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
To: PA Engineer
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And it only hit Northridge...
.
13
posted on
07/08/2017 10:22:09 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: calljack
14
posted on
07/08/2017 10:23:44 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: PA Engineer
15
posted on
07/08/2017 10:24:33 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Caused by Maxine Watters the Flamethrower.
16
posted on
07/08/2017 10:27:22 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
To: editor-surveyor
They used to say there were 3.5 million in the valley.
That 15x15 mile figure doesn’t quite cover it though.
Still, I’d be thinking more like 1 to 1.25 million.
17
posted on
07/08/2017 10:43:24 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: BenLurkin
power back in Tarzana - apparently they had to take down much of the system to assess, protect workers and firemen. they are gradually restoring now. the good news it is after dark and temps are down from 100 into 80’s. God bless.
18
posted on
07/08/2017 10:50:54 PM PDT
by
avital2
To: avital2
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posted on
07/08/2017 10:55:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Well up north there is a big fire raging in Oroville...evacuations everywhere. First it was the dam and now fires...jeez
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posted on
07/08/2017 11:11:54 PM PDT
by
abigkahuna
(How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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