For the second time in five days, UMBC was crippled by a power failure that cut electricity throughout the campus.
Sources tell Arbutus Patch that the power went out around 1:30 p.m. and affects the entire campus.
Engineers had been working to recover from transformer explosions and fires Thursday evening.
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According to the UMBC web site, today engineers were to begin powering up residence halls one at a time. The first residence was scheduled to go back online at 1 p.m.
A text alert said that the powering-up of the first apartment building had been successful. About two minutes later, according to witnesses, the lights flickered twice and went out.
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Crews had been struggling since Thursday to replace damaged electrical equipment.
"Electrical contractors have been working continuously to replace damaged underground cabling," said Lynn Schaefer, UMBC's vice president for administration and finance. "This is a difficult and painstaking process that is, unfortunately, taking longer than anticipated."
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