An electrical fire at a substation is being blamed for a power blackout Friday night that knocked out power to some 28,000 customers in Southern California and grounded all flights at John Wayne Airport.
. The fire at the substation occurred in the city of around 210,000 south of Los Angeles.
John Wayne Airport in Orange County imposed a ground stop for all commercial flights until 7 a.m. Saturday. “I have a birthday party for my father tomorrow morning, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make that,” stranded passenger Carla Cerqueira. She was trying to make arrangements to fly out of Los Angeles to get to New Jersey.
The airport announced a power outage at the terminal on Twitter shortly after 7 p.m., and shortly thereafter said it was in a full ground stop. It later said tjat terminal power was starting to come back online, but that the ground would remain until Saturday morning.Irvine police said the power outage affected up to 50 intersections, which were operating on"red flash" or blacked out.John Wayne Airport says on its website that it serves more than 10 million passengers annually.
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