The fire at an electrical substation was caused by a short circuit in a part that hadn’t been properly maintained by National Grid, an official report found.
Tag: Power Failures and Blackouts
Iranians Find Pockets of Connection Amid Internet Blackout
Iranians managed to gain some unreliable connection to the internet on Friday after a near-total blackout that lasted four days.
Iranians Find Pockets of Connection Amid Internet Blackout
Iranians managed to gain some unreliable connection to the internet on Friday after a near-total blackout that lasted four days.
Iranians Find Pockets of Connection Amid Internet Blackout
Iranians managed to gain some unreliable connection to the internet on Friday after a near-total blackout that lasted four days.
Spain Blames Planning Missteps and Technical Problems for Huge Power Outage
The Spanish government ruled out a cyberattack, saying that a series of failures led to the nationwide blackout in April.
Power Outage in Cannes During Film Festival Is Sabotage, Officials Say
An arson attack and damage to a transmission tower cut off power in the area, the authorities said. The festival’s closing ceremony on Saturday is scheduled to proceed normally.
Telefonica Outage in Spain Knocks Out Emergency Lines
The outage Tuesday knocked out emergency phone lines in several parts of the country for several hours.
Iranians Watched Trump’s Mideast Tour With Envy: ‘A Slap in the Face’
For some, President Trump’s visits to Arab nations, Iran’s regional rivals, only made their country’s acute energy and economic crises harder to bear.
Spain Searches for Answers on What Caused Power Blackout
The countries’ top officials were trying to determine the cause of an outage that left tens of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula without power.
Power Outage in Spain and Portugal Creates a Day of Confusion
Even as electricity was restored across Spain and Portugal after a daylong blackout, residents tried to make sense of 18 hours of the “insanity.”