Electrical fire knocks out power to most of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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March 26 (Reuters) - A fire at an electrical substation plunged most of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into darkness on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the local power company, Florida Power & Light, said.
The spokesman, Sebastian Manrique, said more than 33,000 of the utility's customers were without power following the incident. Florida Power & Light is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (Reporting by Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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