The nearby Edgewood Fire was 80% contained as of 5:38 p.m. Wednesday.
A power outage at Stanford University that occurred when a nearby fire caused the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. transmission line to the campus to lose power could take days to resolve, university officials said., broke out Tuesday afternoon at Edgewood Road and Crestview Drive. It covered 20 acres and was 80% contained as of 5:38 p.m. Wednesday, according to Cal Fire.
As of Wednesday evening, Stanford canceled its summer classes for the remainder of the week as it braces for a “multi-day disruption.”
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