At 7:11 p.m. on Nov. 7, residents and businesses in Seattle’s Central District lost electricity. Lights flickered several times before going dark.
The outage stretched from Pine Street down to Beacon Hill.
The outage was caused by an underground electrical vault fire at 29th Avenue and East Cherry Street, affecting about 774 customers, according to Seattle City Light.
Initial reports described fire and smoke rising from the ground, with some witnesses reporting an explosion…