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Power goes out
Daily Planet Staff
Saturday April 08, 2000
About 1,800 customers lost electricity and phone service early Friday morning when an underground transformer exploded.
The incident occurred around 12:50 a.m. in the 2000 block of University Avenue. According to PG&E spokesperson Maureen Bogues, the problem was caused by a bad cable that was connected to the transformer.
Witnesses at the scene reported seeing flames briefly come from the transformer, located under the sidewalk on the north side of the street.
Bogues said power and phone service were restored to all but 35 customers by 2:30 a.m. The remaining customers had utilities restored by 10 a.m.
