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Waltham residents work to recover after citywide power surge triggers fires, damages appliances

Por: The Boston Globe Nation October 17, 2022

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WALTHAM — Residents here were plugging appliances back in and discarding burnout surge protectors a day after an equipment failure at an Eversource substation on Pine Street caused a power surge that set off booms throughout the city as transformers failed, fried appliances, knocked out traffic lights, and caused chaos on a beautiful fall afternoon.On Sunday afternoon, some of the traffic lights on Main Street, School Street, and other... + full article



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