Residents React to Adams County Met-Ed Substation Fire Leaving Thousands More without Power

Residents react to Adams County Met-Ed substation fire leaving thousands more without power

Met-Ed reports that the power could be restored by 11 p.m. on Thursday.

Substation fire could leave thousands of central Pa. residents without power for days

There are more than 7,700 residences without power in Adams County as of Tuesday afternoon, as power company Met-Ed is racing against time working on solutions for outages in two different areas as temperatures once again soared into the 90s.

Gardners substation catches fire, thousands still without power

Thousands of Adams County residents remained without electricity Tuesday following a fire at a Met-Ed substation in Gardners, adding to ongoing outages amid a dangerous heat wave expected to last until 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Cooling centers open, residents asked to conserve, as power outages leave thousands without electricity in sweltering heat - Gettysburg Connection

With temperatures soaring into the upper 90s and more than 7,000 Adams County residents without electricity on Monday evening, emergency cooling centers and water distribution sites have opened to help residents cope with widespread power outages that began Sunday night and continued into Monday. According to Met-Ed, full restoration of power for its users may not come until at least mid-week. The first outage originated at the Germany Substatio…