Major outage forces Puerto Rico to close schools, offices

Major outage forces Puerto Rico to close schools, offices

VOA says more than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory, forcing it to cancel classes and shutter government offices.

The blackout also left nearly 170,000 customers without water, forced authorities to close some main roads and snarled traffic elsewhere across the island of 3.2 million people, where the roar of generators and smell of diesel filled the air.

“We urge you to stay home, if possible,” said Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli, who is serving as interim governor since Governor Pedro Pierluisi is on an official trip in Spain.

https://www.voanews.com/a/major-outage-forces-puerto-rico-to-close-schools-offices-/6520480.html

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