Just one day earlier, an electrical fire broke out on an empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Boston Logan International Airport, after it had deplaned passengers arriving on a non-stop flight from Tokyo.

BBC: Is the Boeing Dreamliner safe?

California power officials had declared a Stage Two electrical emergency for the fourth day in a row on Thursday, asking residents to turn off Christmas lights during peak usage times.

CNN: California briefly declares Stage Three power emergency

The news of the Seven Seas closure was announced on the day hundreds of jobs at the Hull headquarters of electrical retailer Comet were lost.

BBC: Seven Seas to close Hull factory with up to 250 job losses