Flagami FPL Substation

USA / Florida / Fountainbleau / Southwest 92nd Avenue, 195
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An electrical power substation located in the Flagami (Flagler + Tamiami) neighborhood of Miami-Dade county, operated by Florida Power & Light.

On February 26th, 2008 at about 1pm, a blackout occurred which caused approximately one million customers across the state of Florida to lose power. While performing tests, he accidentally disabled two levels of protection for the system, causing a circuit to short out, officials said.

» www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/26/florida.power/index.html
» news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/ap_on_re_us/florida_outage...
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Coordinates:   25°46'5"N   80°20'35"W
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