Crews with
But the utility said in a statement that its crews were not working in the area before the outage. Instead, the utility said its crews responded to an emergency call from the sheriff's office about the power loss after “frozen water on a conduit pulled wires on an IPL pole and caused the outage."
As the crews were making repairs “the jail’s backup generator initially failed causing it to turn on and off several times, which interrupted power at the jail," utility spokeswoman
Eight inmates were sent to a hospital after suffering broken bones or minor injuries in either in falls or fights that broke out among inmates in the darkness, Forestal said. Three other inmates were treated at the jail for lesser injuries, and no inmates were critically injured.
At the time of the power outage, Forestal said 1,226 inmates were inside the jail, which is on the eastern edge of downtown
The jail's power was out for a total of about 10 minutes between about
Forestal said the jail’s generator is checked weekly.
Unlike the
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