TOY PLANE HITS POWER POLE, CUTS POWER TO THOUSANDS.Byline: Daily News CANYON COUNTRY - A model airplane hit a power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line Wednesday in Canyon Country, causing a small fire and knocking out electricity to nearly 3,100 homes and businesses, fire and utility spokesmen said. The toy apparently hit a transformer near Camp Plenty Road and Calla calla or calla lily: see arum. calla Either of two distinct kinds of plants of the arum family. Calla palustris is known as the arum lily, water arum, or wild calla. Way, briefly igniting the pole, 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. Wires from three poles fell, cutting power to an area bound by Babington Street, Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, Evi Lane and Hope Canyon Road, said Glen Becerra of 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. . A circuit locked out, leaving 3,091 customers without electricity. Two hours later, the power had not been restored, Becerra said. ``With such extensive damage, it could be quite a while before we restore power,'' he said. Workers were trying to reroute lines to bring power back to as many customers as possible, then fix the larger problem. No injuries or serious damage was reported. |
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