A third of Praguethe Czech capital, and other cities of the country have suffered this Friday a cut in the electricity supply due to a failure in a substation, which has caused the fall of the subway service and several tram lines.
The station Radio Prague informs that the blackout occurred around noon and mainly affected the capital and north of the country, where cities such as LIBERRECthe most populated fifth, they also ran out of supply.
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The operator of the čEPS ELECTRICAL RED has reported that all substations that transmit current to Prague They are already working normally.
The electric company Pražská Energetika (Prague energy) has indicated for its part that the supply will be totally restored soon.
This company indicated that the cut has affected a third of the city of Prague and had its origin in the substation of Chodovabout 10 kilometers southeast of the capital.
Čeps He announced that, in total, eight substations, of the 44 in the country, suffered a fall in the supply due to a Fall in a phase conductor.
The mayor of Prague, Bohuslav Svobodahe indicated that the cut was not due to a problem in the distribution network of the city but to “a serious problem in the transmission system of the Czech Republic”, According to Radio Prague.
Thus, he pointed out that an interruption in the system in the substation of Chodovand in the nearby Malešiceoriginated the fall of the supply, says Radio Praga.
The authorities ruled out an hour after the blackout that the cause of it was in a Terrorist attack.
Expert analysts in the electrical system, cited by the media, estimate that there was a sudden decrease in 30 % in the network load.
Much of public transport in Prague It was paralyzed, both subway lines and tram, and BOmberos have had to intervene to rescue people trapped in elevators.
The trains service between Prague and Kolín, Benešov and Kutná hour.