About 1,500 homes in Burbank without power Thursday

The lights went out for 1,534 homes Thursday after a power line

shorted.

The outage began at 2:44 p.m., when a residential feeder line

short-circuited, Burbank Water and Power officials said. Workers

restored the line at 3:34 p.m. after an inspector and a Burbank

firefighter checked the damage.

The outage affected users from Haven Way to Jamestown Road, and

from Kingsway Drive to Scott Road. What caused the power line to

short circuit was unknown Friday.

“A short circuit like this is often caused by a balloon, squirrel

or tree branch,” said Fred Fletcher, the utility’s assistant general

manager in charge of power supply. “It happens from time to time.”

Jackson Bell