Power Outage Affects Thousands Amid High Heat in Long Beach
An electrical vault fire in Long Beach, California, caused a significant power outage on Sunday evening, leaving 26,626 customers without electricity. As of 6 a.m. Monday, power had been restored to several thousand customers, but 16,456 households remained without power, according to Southern California Edison (SCE). The incident occurred around 6:40 p.m. near the Bluff Heights neighborhood when an underground electrical vault caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze on Broadway near Newport Avenue, and SCE crews de-energized the affected line. The outage coincides with a high heat advisory in the region, with temperatures in Long Beach expected to reach the 80s °F (27-32 °C) by noon Monday, accompanied by high humidity. SCE estimates full power restoration by noon Monday. [Source time: not specified] 
