POWER OUTAGE IN VALENCIA BACKS UP MORNING TRAFFIC.Byline: Daily News Hundreds of homes were without power Wednesday in Valencia and traffic came to a standstill after workers probing for an electrical conduit An electrical conduit is a purpose-designed electrical piping system used for protection and routing of electrical wiring. Electrical conduit may be made of metal, plastic, fibre, or fired clay. Flexible conduit is available for special purposes. accidentally hit it, cutting electricity to the surrounding area. Northbridge-area residents reported being without power for nearly an hour after the 8:36 a.m. accident on Newhall Ranch Road and McBean Parkway. A backhoe operator was lifting concrete from a sidewalk for construction work and was probing for the depth of the conduit to work around it when he hit it, a Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La official said. The conduit ignited, but the workers quickly extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. the fire. Traffic backed up for several blocks at major intersections along Valencia Boulevard where signals were out, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's officials said. No accidents were reported. Power was cut to 2,330 homes and businesses, said Glen Becerra of the Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. Co. It was restored by 9:34 a.m. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Traffic backs up south of the McBean Parkway and Newhall Ranch Road intersection Wednesday morning after power went out in Valencia at 8:36 a.m. when a construction worker hit an electrical conduit. Power was restored by 9:34 a.m. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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