Power still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico amid massive outage
ABC News
A fire at a major power plant on Puerto Rico left more than 1 million without electricity.
Power is still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico on Friday, after a massive outage left 1.5 million customers without power, according to LUMA Energy, the company that took over transmission and distribution from the island’s power authority.
As of 8:30 a.m. on Friday, power was restored for more than 600,000 customers. LUMA said most of the island should have power by Friday night.
The power outage came after a fire erupted at one of the island's four main power plants. The exact cause of the interruption of service is under investigation, LUMA said.
"The extent of the outage has impacted each generating facility in Puerto Rico and a significant effort to restore service is underway," LUMA said in a statement.
