Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters had to be summoned to free people stuck in elevators on the USC Health Sciences campus adjacent to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center following a widespread power failure.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Margaret Stewart says multiple transformers blew Thursday morning, affecting multiple buildings on the sprawling campus east of downtown.
There were no injuries. Backup generators took over, but two employees had to be rescued from elevators and elective surgeries were cancelled.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced Thursday evening that crews have restored electrical service to the hospital campus and are working to restore power to two nearby commercial buildings.