Fire department responds to utility fire; power restored after outage

MORGAN CITY - A fire at a electricity substation knocked out power to some customers Monday morning.The fire sparked when a transformer blew at the Onstead Street substation, the city posted on its Facebook page. The fire department extinguished the fire and utility crews were assessing the damage Monday afternoon.Smoke billowed into the sky around Onstead Street, north of the US 90 bridge along the Atchafalaya River.Power was restored to customers as of this post, the city said.In June 2012, ma