After blasts injure five at Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach, many ask: What caused it?
The fire crew arrived just after 8 p.m. Saturday at the Old World Village’s German Restaurant, where an Oktoberfest celebration was in full swing. The restaurant owner, Bernie Bischof, led two firefighters to a patio area, which he’d cordoned off from patrons a few minutes earlier after smelling a strange odor emanating from an underground vault that held three transformers.
Josef Bischof — Bernie Bischof’s father — came to the United States from Germany in 1952 and developed the enclave of Bavarian-style restaurants, shops and bars in Huntington Beach known as the Old World Village in the late 1970s, according to the village’s website and a 1986 Times article. Its inaugural Oktoberfest celebration was held in 1978.
Those concerns weren’t borne out, however, and Edison was able to replace the transformers overnight and restore power by 9 a.m. Sunday to some 300 customers who were left without it overnight, Villegas said. About 1,700 Edison customers in all lost power for several hours after the explosions. “Edison sent someone to check and they signed off on it,” he said. “Edison dropped the ball on this, simply put.”
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