#AlexOutage City Power work overnight to repair substation
ALEXANDRA – Substation caught fire on Tuesday evening, leaving 2nd Avenue and 18 Avenue in darkness for two days.
City Power worked through the night repairing a substation that caught fire on 2 July, leaving 2nd Avenue and 18th Avenue in the dark for two days.
The repair work started on Wednesday as they attempted to restore power as soon as possible. City Power hoped the worked would be completed by Thursday.
We anticipating the work to be completed and power restored by Thursday, should everything go accordingly.
This is due to the fact that the work will involve removing shacks built right by the wall of the substation which makes it difficult to access cables. #AlexOutage pic.twitter.com/cT9WlYGo9J— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) July 3, 2019
City Power technicians worked throughout the night to do the repairs on the switching substation that caught fire on Tuesday.
The incident plunged almost half of Alexandra between 2nd Avenue and 18th avenue into darkness for two nights. #AlexOutage pic.twitter.com/Kmq7Om7i7c
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) July 4, 2019
City Power said, “If everything goes according to plan, including passing the tests, power should be restored by midday or latest, early Thursday afternoon.”
95% of the repairs work done in Alexandra where a switching substation caught fire early this week.
This forced residents to ensure two night of no electricity. #AlexOutage pic.twitter.com/8Tkl1gbTdn— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) July 4, 2019
The work was initially delayed due to the removal of shacks that had encroached on the area around the substation. The shacks were successfully removed with the help of community leaders.
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