The blackout left nearly 170,000 customers without water and forced authorities to close some main roads and snarled traffic elsewhere across the island of 3.2 million people.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory, forcing it to cancel classes and shutter government offices.
Long lines formed at some gas stations as people sought fuel for generators. Others tried to charge their cellphones at businesses in scenes reminiscent of the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which struck as a Category 4 storm in 2017. Officials in at least one city distributed food to hundreds of elderly people as well as ice to those whose medication must be kept cool.
"To increase bills when you don't provide a perfect service ... the level of impunity is absurd," Rosado said.
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