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June 4, 2008

Power failure hits Amgen facility in W. Greenwich

Amgen’s biotech manufacturing facility in West Greenwich, along with more than 800 additional customers, lost electricity this morning after a power line came down in Coventry.

Amgen, which is set up to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, lost service at 8:04 a.m. today, according to National Grid spokesman David Graves. Service was restored 50 minutes later.

The power lines that caused the problem were on Tiogue Avenue in Coventry; one line knocked down another, Graves said.

Eight hundred-twenty-six additional customers, mostly in Coventry, also lost power, Graves said. It was returned in stages, and power was fully restored to those affected by 10:10 a.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:04 PM | Permalink

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