Buenos Aires Blackout Cuts Power to About 600,000 Customers
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The sudden interruption of supply affected road traffic by the disconnection of traffic lights and forced the deployment of rescue teams to assist people trapped in buildings.
The failure affected neighborhoods such as Palermo, Belgrano, Núñez, Saavedra, Villa Urquiza and Recoleta, and left almost 600,000 users of the trans-Andean distribution companies Edenor and Edesur powerless for almost three hours.
The electrical interruption began around 21:00 and impacted areas of the two service providers, especially in the north and west of the city. Areas such as Palermo, Vicente López, Núñez, Belgrano and Recoleta were affected. The service gradually recovered.
The supply disruption affected Belgrano, Palermo, Las Cañitas, Villa Urquiza, Villa Crespo and La Paternal; videos of DOT shopping circulated in the dark
Palermo, Belgrano, Villa Urquiza, Núñez, Saavedra and even some sectors of Vicente López, San Isidro and San Martín were affected by the cut.The unprecedented blackout generated a wave of criticism on social networks.
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