JERSEY CITY, N.J. (1010 WINS/AP) -- Normal operations resumed Sunday at Ellis Island, one day after a smoky transformer fire there forced officials to shut down the site.
Meanwhile, authorities continued to investigate the blaze, which broke out in the museum's mechanical room shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported, but the fire did cause a power failure and sent clouds of thick, black smoke into the air.
Visitors were ferried off the small island in New York Harbor shortly after the fire started, although the nearby Statue of Liberty remained open.
From 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the U.S. through Ellis Island.
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