https://sputnikglobe.com/20221226/14000-hit-by-blackouts-in-washington-state-after-burglars-break-into-three-power-substations-1105790577.html
14,000 Hit by Blackouts in Washington State After Burglars Break Into Three Power Substations
14,000 Hit by Blackouts in Washington State After Burglars Break Into Three Power Substations
Sputnik International
Police have opened probes into three burglaries at the three power substations in the port city of Tacoma, Washington, which left about 14,000 customers without electricity on Christmas morning
2022-12-26T05:27+0000
2022-12-26T05:27+0000
2022-12-26T09:25+0000
americas
us
washington state
burglary
police
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/15864/93/158649380_0:34:800:484_1920x0_80_0_0_0daf4e7641557054197257be8c62466d.jpg
Police have opened probes into three burglaries at the three power substations in the port city of Tacoma, Washington, which left about 14,000 customers without electricity on Christmas morning.The Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported that the first incident occurred at a substation on 46th Avenue belonging to Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU), which was attacked at around 5:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.Nothing was stolen, but equipment was vandalized, which led to outages in the area, according to police.Later that morning, police responded to a call about a burglary at a TPU on 224th Street, which also saw forced entry and damage to the equipment. Like in the 46th Avenue incident, nothing was taken from the scene.The incidents come after at least 45,000 people were hit by a blackout earlier this month after someone opened fire on a substation in North Carolina, in what police described as a “deliberate” attack, which is still being investigated.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20221226/death-toll-from-heavy-winter-storm-across-us-rises-to-34-1105789582.html
americas
washington state
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2022
Oleg Burunov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080424846_0:0:2048:2048_100x100_80_0_0_3d7b461f8a98586fa3fe739930816aea.jpg
Oleg Burunov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080424846_0:0:2048:2048_100x100_80_0_0_3d7b461f8a98586fa3fe739930816aea.jpg
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Oleg Burunov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080424846_0:0:2048:2048_100x100_80_0_0_3d7b461f8a98586fa3fe739930816aea.jpg
blackouts hit 14,000 people in washington state's tacoma, burglars break into three power substations in tacoma, police open probes into three power substations being vandalized in tacoma
blackouts hit 14,000 people in washington state's tacoma, burglars break into three power substations in tacoma, police open probes into three power substations being vandalized in tacoma
14,000 Hit by Blackouts in Washington State After Burglars Break Into Three Power Substations
05:27 GMT 26.12.2022 (Updated: 09:25 GMT 26.12.2022) No suspects have been detained yet, and it remains unclear whether all three Tacoma substations were vandalized by the same person or people or if the burglaries are related.
Police have opened probes into three burglaries at the three power substations in the port city of Tacoma, Washington, which left about 14,000 customers without electricity on Christmas morning.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported that the first incident occurred at a substation on 46th Avenue belonging to Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU), which was attacked at around 5:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
26 December 2022, 02:03 GMT
Nothing was stolen, but equipment was vandalized, which led to outages in the area, according to police.
Later that morning, police responded to a call about a burglary at a TPU on 224th Street, which also saw forced entry and damage to the equipment. Like in the 46th Avenue incident, nothing was taken from the scene.
The third burglary took place at a substation belonging to Puget Sound Energy in the early morning on Sunday. Police said when they arrived on the scene, they found "the fenced area was broken into and the equipment vandalized," similar to the other two substations.
The incidents come after at least
45,000 people were hit by
a blackout earlier this month after someone opened fire on a substation in North Carolina, in what police described as a “deliberate” attack, which is still being investigated.
