The lights are starting to come back on in Puerto Rico

Lights are starting to return across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggled to emerge from an island-wide blackout following a fire at a power plant that caused the aging utility grid to fail. The blackout hit the entire island of 3.5 million people early Wednesday afternoon and prompted Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla to activate the National Guard and declare a state of emergency. While those with power celebrated a return to normalcy, many are still distressed in the darkness and intense tropical heat. There has been one reported death, but the full extent of the damage It is not yet clear.