More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory, forcing it to cancel classes and shutter government offices.
On Thursday, a fire at a power plant in Puerto Rico left over a million people without electricity. The incident exacerbated citizens’ concerns about the state of the electric grid, which has suffered from disrepair since Hurricane Maria in 2017.