Power to be restored to areas affected by Robertsham substation fire
Johannesburg power utility City Power on Wednesday morning said it had managed to restore power to some of the areas which experienced a blackout after the Robertsham substation caught fire on Monday night.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the restoration of power on Tuesday was, however, impeded by rain. City Power teams worked for a second night in a row to ensure power is restored to all residents affected by Robertsham substation fire which happened on Monday night. By end of yesterday (Tuesday) we had managed to backfeed six distributors to restore electricity to Chrisville, Crown Gardens, Robertsham, West Turffontein and parts of Ormonde,” said Mangena.
Suburbs still outstanding include Booysens, Ridgeway, Winchester Hills, Nasrec, Southdale, Ophirton, Glenanda, Aeroton, Evans Park and Gillview, among others.
“We couldn’t backfeed all the customers from the available substations around due to the overloading that was gonna trip the other substation. The rain also delayed some progress on the repairs,” he said.
Two transformers burnt in a fire on Monday. They each have plus or minus 20 litres of oil each for insulation and cooling of the transformer. It’s still boiling over 24 hours later, and the smoke was still billowing in the air even yesterday when we were working,” he explained.
“We called emergency medical services, who have been busy with it and are now arranging foam to put out the smoke for good. There is no additional fire at Robertsham substation, just the aftermath.
Source: IOL
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