Power cut affects whole of Gibraltar due to substation blaze
Power cut affects whole of Gibraltar due to substation blaze
A FIRE in a Gibraltar substation left the whole of the Rock without power all day Saturday and part of Sunday.
According to the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP), the massive inferno broke out in the generator in Waterport in the North Mole district and caused a huge column of smoke which could be seen throughout the Rock and parts of the province of Cádiz.
Nobody was hurt nor had to be evacuated, but the RGP ordered residents in the area to shut their windows to prevent smoke getting in.
The blaze, which broke out at around 14.00hrs on Saturday, is thought to have started in one of the alternators in the central power station, which forced engineers to switch off the rest of the equipment for safety reasons.
As a result, the whole of Gibraltar – except the ministry of defence building, which runs off its own generators, suffered a power cut until yesterday (Easter Sunday) evening.
