Tree limb cuts power to eleven Echo Lake homes

A ShorelineAreaNews reader reported seeing a flash and hearing a bang from the vicinity of an electrical transformer on 192nd just east of Aurora and then saw City crews there the next day.

According to our sources, a tree limb fell on a power line around Stone Ave N and N 190th in Shoreline around 9:30 pm Saturday night, September 17, 2011. 

As a result, the insulator on the overhead line failed, blowing the fuse which was the sound our reader and others heard. The fuse is designed to blow to protect the transformer when there is a short.

Sunday morning, Seattle City Light crews were out to repair the line. The Shoreline Customer Response Team (CRT) shut down Stone Ave N for a couple of hours until repairs were completed.

11 customers were affected and were without power from 9:30 pm for about seven and a half hours.