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More than 20,000 homes and businesses lose power after electrical vault fire in Long Beach
Long Beach Post • • business
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- Tens of thousands of households in Long Beach coastal neighborhoods, including Bluff Park, Alamitos Beach, and Belmont Shore, lost power Sunday night due to a fire in an underground electrical vault near Bluff Heights.
- The outage began around 6:40 p.m. when the vault caught fire, prompting firefighters to extinguish the blaze and Southern California Edison (SCE) crews to de-energize the affected line.
- Initially, 26,626 customers were impacted, with the outage area bounded by Quincy Avenue, Alamitos Avenue, E Ocean Blvd, and E 7th Street.
- By 6 a.m. Monday, power was restored to several thousand homes, but 16,456 households remained without electricity, with full restoration expected by noon Monday.
- The blackout occurred amid a high heat advisory affecting much of the region, adding to the urgency of restoring power.
