Power fails in cold in south Baldwin; high demand led to outage, officials say | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Power fails in cold in south Baldwin; high demand led to outage, officials say - al.com: "Thousands of south Baldwin residents faced a freezing Monday morning with no electricity as high electrical demands in the cold weather overloaded circuits in several areas of the county, utility officials said.

At Summerdale School, smoke from a heater also caused some intermediate grade classrooms to be evacuated, but no fire was reported, education officials said. Power went out in areas of south Baldwin and the Eastern Shore at about 6:30 a.m., David Horton, Riviera Utilities spokesman, said. Almost 8,000 customers were affected."