Power Restored In South Midland After Outage
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: February 28, 2011
MIDLAND -- Power has been restored to in Midland, after a fire at a South Midland
substation knocked out power to thousands of
customers in and around the Tall City on Monday afternoon.
The blaze started at the substation -- which is operated by Sharyland Utilities -- around 3:50 PM Monday. Two wires crossed each other, sparking the blaze. Nearby oil also caught fire.
Sharyland Utilities spokesperson Jeanne Phillips says that crews were able to put the blaze out within a half hour. No one was injured in the fire, but about 3,000 customers were still without power around 8 PM.
Phillips said at that time that Sharyland Utilities is working to get the power back on across the area as fast as they could, and all power should be restored by 10 PM.
All power that was knocked out because of the fire has now been restored.
The blaze started at the substation -- which is operated by Sharyland Utilities -- around 3:50 PM Monday. Two wires crossed each other, sparking the blaze. Nearby oil also caught fire.
Sharyland Utilities spokesperson Jeanne Phillips says that crews were able to put the blaze out within a half hour. No one was injured in the fire, but about 3,000 customers were still without power around 8 PM.
Phillips said at that time that Sharyland Utilities is working to get the power back on across the area as fast as they could, and all power should be restored by 10 PM.
All power that was knocked out because of the fire has now been restored.
