The Harvard substation that feeds the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa exploded. The portal writes that the blast cut a 132 kW power line in Park West, leaving much of the city in darkness. Citizen.
Bloemfonteinte has a population of 550,000.
Energy supplier Centlec is currently assessing the situation and will provide more information once the cause of the explosion is determined.
“Dear Customer, please note that we have suffered a power loss at Harvard due to the Mangaung supply affecting the entire city, both 132KV inputs being offline.
“Estimated recovery times are not currently available due to the nature of the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this shutdown,” the power company said in a Facebook post (owner Meta, deemed extremist and banned in Russia).
Hospitals all over the city were running with generators that kicked in right after the explosion.
It was previously reported that lightning struck. hit to a transformer in the Moscow region during a “super shower”.