Blackout in Sofia after substation fire
Early on Monday morning, a large area of Sofia experienced a power outage, affecting traffic lights and disrupting electricity supply to approximately 10 neighbourhoods
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Bulgaria, Sofia: Early on Monday morning, a large area of Sofia experienced a power outage, affecting traffic lights and disrupting electricity supply to approximately 10 neighbourhoods. Among the impacted neighbourhoods were Poduyane, Suhata Reka, Hadji Dimitar, Levski, Orlandovtsi, Serdika, Slatina, Reduta, Sredets, and Oborishte.
The blackout was caused by a fire that broke out at the Poduyane substation, as reported by ERM Zapad, which had to disconnect 220 substations from the network in response to the incident. Officials said power had been expected to be restored by 8:30 a.m., with teams working to repair the affected areas and resume normal operations.
Source: novinite.com
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