SOUTHLAND : Short Puts All of Glendale in Dark
All of Glendale was blacked out at 9:56 a.m. today when two main power lines shorted out during a test. The massive electrical outage trapped dozens of people in stalled elevators and created traffic jams at intersections that were left without street lights.
By noon, power was gradually being restored in many areas including the Glendale Galleria shopping center. Hospitals, schools and fire stations relied on emergency power generators during the outage.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was testing one of two major lines coming into the city when both lines went down in succession, said Glendale Fire Department Capt. Ron Gully.
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