Blackout Strikes South Of Border

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Blackout Strikes South Of Border

Millions of people living south of the border found themselves suddenly in the dark Thursday night.

About 8:30 p.m. Thursday night a power plant in Rosarito simply shut down, 10News reported. Officials told 10News that a turbine had stopped working.

As a result of the shutdown, some 2 million people in Rosarito, Tecate and Tijuana were left without power for several hours.

Power was fully restored to the area by midnight, 10News reported.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/kgtv/20010927/lo/915423_1.html

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), September 29, 2001


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