Washington DC: A major power outage caused by nearby construction workers plunged the US State Department into darkness on Monday, officials said.
The power cut struck at 9am local time, knocking out lights, computers and phones, and had still not been fully repaired by early afternoon.
In a statement, the State Department said the outage was caused when workers on a nearby construction project severed a power line which supplies the building.
"This has resulted in a power outage at the State Department," spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, adding that emergency systems were fully operational under generator power More>>
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