19 February 2009

Got a surge protector?

MINNEOLA, Fla. -- Fifty-five homeowners in Minneola were stunned Wednesday when a sudden power surge blew up appliances and caused fire to shoot out of outlets.

It was all because of a mistake by their electric company. Sumter Electric sent too much power through the wires... Residents heard the explosion, they ran outside and found the breaker boxes outside their homes were on fire...

"Oh, honey, I was so scared, I didn't know what happened," 91-year-old Inez Slater said.Slater was asleep and woke up to a fireball flying across her living room...

"Basically, everything in the house is gonna be fried..." Firefighters had to use special equipment to make sure wiring inside people's homes wasn't still burning.

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