The entire island of Molokai was without power Sunday night when a fire at an electric substation knocked out the community’s generators. Power was restored this about 6:30 morning.

Read KITV’s report here

Residents of Molokai say they are suffering a particularly bad bout of heat and vog so no power would mean no fans and no A/C.

One Civil Beat reader told us it’s been like a bad day in L.A. over there.

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