SMALL BLAZE BLACKS OUT WIDE AREA.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- A small brush fire in Newhall was blamed Tuesday for a power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" that knocked out electricity from Santa Clarita to Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. the day before. The 3 p.m. fire burned just a few acres on Sierra Highway in the Newhall Pass and, according to a 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. spokesman, it was human-caused. 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 spokesman Ed Lozano said investigators hadn't filed their report on the cause. The fire, ``determined to be human-caused, burned into our 66,000-volt line, causing the lines to become de-energized and affecting 16 substations,'' Edison spokesman Rudy Gonzales said. The outage affected 128,650 customers in Santa Clarita, Fillmore, Chatsworth, Santa Susana, San Fernando and Simi Valley. Power was restored to most of the area by 4 p.m. ``All but 22,436 customers were back up within an hour, and the final group came back up at 4:46 p.m.,'' Gonzales said. carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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