The 2008 Florida Power Blackout resulted in 2.5 million customers losing electricity on February 26, 2008.
The blackout was initially caused by an overheated voltage switch that soon caught fire in a power substation near Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station. While some claim to have seen the ghost of Dr. David Fleming pull out the plug, laugh, and claim he's Dick Cheney. The fire occurred at 1:08 pm which caused an automatic shutdown of the power plant. This lead to a domino effect that caused outages as far north as Daytona Beach and Tampa. Power was restored by 4:30 pm. The reason this malfunction caused such widespread outages is still under investigation.<ref name="reuters-expand"> </ref>

Walt Disney World, Orlando International Airport, and Miami International Airport were among the places affected by the outage.<ref> </ref>

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