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UPDATED: Cougar Village electricity generator catches fire
Power returned to Cougar Village
Kenneth Long
Issue date: 7/9/08 Section: News
A malfunctioning cable unit started a fire on the 400 side of Cougar Village and a power outage for the on-campus apartments Friday afternoon.
According to an SIUE e-lert, power returned to Cougar Village Saturday afternoon.
Spokesman for Ameren Illinois Utilities, Leigh Morris said at approximately 1:50 p.m., switchgear burned out, starting a fire in one of Ameren's pieces of electrical equipment and causing the power outage.
Ameren workers, SIUE Police and engineers, and the Edwardsville Fire Department responded to the fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze shortly after 2 p.m.
SIUE Police said there were no injuries reported, and there is no danger now.
Morris said the cable unit was underground, making it hard to repair.
"The repairs are major in nature," Morris said. "There is too much work to have power restored by (Friday night)."
Repairs on the cable unit started after the fire was extinguished.
Morris said the outage is confined to the SIUE campus.
For more information on the fire and the power outage, see Wednesday's edition of The Alestle.
According to an SIUE e-lert, power returned to Cougar Village Saturday afternoon.
Spokesman for Ameren Illinois Utilities, Leigh Morris said at approximately 1:50 p.m., switchgear burned out, starting a fire in one of Ameren's pieces of electrical equipment and causing the power outage.
Ameren workers, SIUE Police and engineers, and the Edwardsville Fire Department responded to the fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze shortly after 2 p.m.
SIUE Police said there were no injuries reported, and there is no danger now.
Morris said the cable unit was underground, making it hard to repair.
"The repairs are major in nature," Morris said. "There is too much work to have power restored by (Friday night)."
Repairs on the cable unit started after the fire was extinguished.
Morris said the outage is confined to the SIUE campus.
For more information on the fire and the power outage, see Wednesday's edition of The Alestle.
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