[BC] KOMO Fire

[Barry Mishkind]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009417235_fisherplaza04m.html

A short-lived fire at Seattle's Fisher Plaza on Thursday night caused 
service disruptions Friday to numerous Web sites, including one that 
handles transactions for thousands of online merchants. Also affected 
were KOMO-TV, radio and other stations that broadcast from the plaza.

The small fire, which broke out around 11 p.m. Thursday at the 
complex near Seattle Center, apparently began with a failure in 
KOMO's equipment, which caused a short, said Seattle City Light 
spokeswoman Connie McDougall.

It happened in the garage level of one of the buildings in Fisher 
Plaza, at an electrical vault, where KOMO's transformers meet the 
city's power lines, she said.

Except for the building that houses KOMO, power was restored to 
everyone on the same electrical feeder grid by 3 a.m. Friday. Power 
was intentionally left off in the KOMO building so engineers could 
make repairs to the station's equipment.