Power blackout hits parts of Caracas area and metro system

A fire in two substations caused the power outage

Line 1 of Caracas subway system was halted in the eastern part of the city, while neighborhoods located northeast and southeast Caracas, and the cities of Guarenas and Guatire were hit by a power blackout which lasted between three and six hours (Photo: Oswer Díaz Mireles)

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People living in the eastern part of Venezuela's capital had an unusual Sunday. At 9:43 a.m. there were fires in 4 electrical substations. As a result, there were outages in the morning and part of the afternoon in several areas of Caracas. The cities of Guarenas and Guatire, in the suburbs of Caracas, were also hit, and as it if not were enough, the activities of line 1 of Caracas Subway system were halted from Chacao to Palo Verde stations, in the eastern part of the city.

There was total chaos during some hours. At noon, Caracas subway resumed operations. Meanwhile, the Caracas District Fire Department did not report major emergencies.

At about 10 a.m., Lourdes Musso, the transmission manager of the state-run National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) said that circuits 130, 69 and 230 of the Papelón-Convento substation had been hit.

Migdalis Cañizález V. / Marisol Decarli R.
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