ARSON SHUTS DOWN HYDROELECTRIC DAM IN OREGON.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. An arson fire in the control room of a hydroelectric dam knocked out the generating station on the Klamath River Klamath River River, southern Oregon and northwestern California, U.S. Rising in Upper Klamath Lake just above Klamath Falls, Ore., it flows south and southwest for 250 mi (400 km) through the Klamath Mountains in California and empties into the Pacific Ocean. . The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is investigating the blaze, which destroyed major electrical components at the John C. Boyle Dam. Pacific Power and Light spokesman Gary Donnelly Gary Donnelly (born June 03, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. External links
An employee at a house nearby was awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English by an alarm early Sunday and discovered smoke coming from the power house, sheriff's Sgt. Dave Sellers said. "Whoever did this knew what they were doing," Sellers said. "They knew where to go to put the devices to cause the most damage." Pacific Power serves portions of Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. |
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