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City left without power for over 10 hours on chilly day
This substation regulator was burnt toast after a fire ignited and caused the regulator to explode. The fire caused Davenport to lose power for over 10 hours Sunday, Jan. 2.
DAVENPORT-Hundreds of people in the area were sleeping in, heading to church or enjoying their morning breakfast and coffee when a substation regulator at the Avista transformer on Third Street caught fire around 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2.
Suddenly, over 1,700 customers were without power on a chilly winter day. The outage would last over 10 hours before hard-working Avista crews finally restored power to the city by 6:30 p.m.
Crews from Fire District No. 5 and Avista were deployed to the scene, but didn't enter the chain link fence area as the substation continued to light up due to safety concer...
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