Fire-Linked Outage Leaves Nearly 20,000 Rotterdam-Zuid Homes, Businesses without Power
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All 19,258 households in Rotterdam-Zuid that were without electricity for hours on Sunday will receive compensation of 35 euros ‘for the inconvenience experienced’. Those entitled to this amount do not need to call or send a message themselves. Grid operator Stedin will send a letter with all the information in six to eight weeks.
The major power outage that affected parts of Rotterdam since Sunday morning has been resolved, reports grid operator Stedin. The Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region reported around 4:00 PM that everyone has power again.
The power outage at a transformer station started early this morning and will last until at least 4:00 PM, says Stedin.
A major power outage in Rotterdam affects 19,000 households. This is reported by the safety region.
Fire-linked outage leaves nearly 20,000 Rotterdam-Zuid homes, businesses without power
A fire at a transformer station in Rotterdam-Zuid left nearly 20,000 homes, shops, and businesses without electricity on Sunday, disrupting public transport and knocking out traffic lights across parts of the city. Grid operator Stedin said electricity was not expected to be fully restored before 4 p.m.
It was a tough Sunday for tens of thousands of residents of Rotterdam South, who had been without power since early morning. They couldn't take the tram, found shops closed, and were forced to throw away the contents of their freezers. "The whole drawer was full of ice, everything is gone."
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