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January 30, 2017

Power surge fries computers, appliances, siding in Pa. town

By KRISTEN DE GROOT
Associated Press

The 911 calls started pouring in just after noon in the tiny western Pennsylvania town of Brookville: The electrical meter is on fire. The house siding is burning. My power strip is smoking. The computer is fried. The carpeting is singed. Our light bulb exploded.

A power company says a failed power line component was to blame for an electrical surge Jan. 20 in Brookville, population 4,000. When it was over, 500 to 1,000 residents were affected, said Tracy Zents, the director of Jefferson County's Department of Emergency Services.


 
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