Justo González, executive sub-director of PREPA, said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that the blackout was caused by "a circumstance with a contractor".
"We've been pushing hard", said U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, (D) Florida.
Employees of the Electric Power Authority of Puerto Rico take advantage of a general blackout to fix a damaged line in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 18, 2018.
By late in the afternoon, power had returned to several hospitals and at least five of the island's 78 municipalities. Long lines of cars formed at gas stations and a fire broke out in an electrical generator behind a restaurant in the Condado tourist district.
"At this point, we are so helpless and hopeless", a San Juan resident said of last week's power outage.
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Hiser and the other officer on the scene, Corporal Ryan Tooker, were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. When an HPD officer identified as Travis Hiser steps out of his vehicle, the home explodes in a matter of seconds.
Rafael Santiago, an engineer at a plant that makes prosthetic devices, said via Twitter that he and other workers were evacuated after being locked inside for about 20 minutes while electric generators were started. Some 40,000 power customers were still without normal electricity service as a result of the hurricane. After the news of the power outage, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz tweeted that the blackout will not affect the game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium on Wednesday night. "Back to September 20th".
The Twins and their fellow AL Central rival Cleveland Indians are now overseas playing two regular season games in Puerto Rico.
Several large power outages have hit Puerto Rico in recent months, but Wednesday was the first time since the Category 4 storm struck on September 20 that the USA territory has experienced a full island-wide blackout.
It was a home run that gave Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, an opportunity to cheer.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the outage. On Thursday, a tree fell on a power line as crews were clearing land in central Puerto Rico, leading to a widespread power outage.
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