SANTA MONICA : Flash Fire Leaves 600 Customers Without Power
A flash fire and collapsed power lines left parts of Santa Monica in darkness for an hour Wednesday night and about 600 customers were still without electricity 24 hours later.
A spokesman for Southern California Edison said the problem started about 11:43 p.m. Wednesday when a cable connection broke beneath Pacific Coast Highway. Then a safety system that shuts off nearby circuits failed as well, causing the power lines to ignite, spokesman Randy McDonald said.
No one was injured, McDonald said. Crews worked through Wednesday night and all day Thursday to restore power to most of the affected areas in the northwest quadrant of the city.
But some residences along Pacific Coast Highway, as well as in the area between Ocean Avenue and 7th Street from Montana Avenue and Marguerita Avenue, remained in the dark. The power was expected to be restored Thursday night.
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