City of CT wakes up in the dark due to alleged technical fault
Parts of Cape Town are in the dark.
The City of Cape Town has confirmed on Monday that a technical fault on the grid has caused blackouts in the city’s Area 7.
Area 7 power outage update
Serious work is under way to restore power to Area 7 using different supply routes as one of the main feeder lines from the City’s Acacia High Voltage Substation to Montagu Gardens and Eskom’s Tafelbaai High Voltage Substation has been lost. #CTNews pic.twitter.com/rp7pI9OLy5
— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) December 20, 2021
It’ll be a frustrating Tuesday morning for thousands of Capetonians.
Parts of Cape Town have been without power for hours.
The City’s Twitter account called it “a technical fault on the grid”.
Electricity notice:
Due to a technical fault on the grid, Area 7 has lost its power supply.
City teams are hard at work fixing the unplanned fault.
Unfortunately, it is not clear at this stage when power will be restored.#CTNews pic.twitter.com/cLuweWu0FR— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) December 20, 2021
It said technicians have been working to restore electricity as one of the main feeder lines from the acacia high voltage substation to Montagu Gardens and Eskom’s Tafelbaai high voltage substation has been lost.
A fire affecting infrastructure is exacerbating the situation.
Cape Town’s mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, said at least one high voltage line was down across the N1.
He said fire and electricity teams were on site “working to put out fires and get to repairing the cable and restoring power”.
Dozens of queries re power outage in large section of CBD, Woodstock, Seaboard etc. At least one (possibly more) high voltage line is down across the N1. @CityofCT fire and electricity teams are on site working to put out fires and get to repairing the cable and restoring power. pic.twitter.com/61rtsHIQuI
— Geordin Hill-Lewis (@geordinhl) December 20, 2021
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