Electricity returns to most of Chile after sweeping blackout

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Electricity returns to most of Chile after sweeping blackout

Power was restored to most of Chile's 19 million people after the country's most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said.

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Chile raises a state of emergency after recovering electricity after the blackout that affected the country yesterday; inhabitants return to work.

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The executive director of Generadoras de Chile, Camilo Charme, said that "it is not the time for any authority to make decisive conclusions because there is still no global and complete information."

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It is ensured by an image that the massive light cut was generated by an explosion in the Pemuco Grant. However this is false. The image corresponds to a fire in this place last February 11 and was not the cause of the mega blackout. The post (Image) “This is the cause of the electricity cut in Chile”: #Falso appeared first on Fast Check .

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The Santiago Chamber of Commerce of Chile estimated losses close to 20 million dollars in sales due to last Tuesday’s blackout, reports Unión Radio. This negative impact was severe for small businesses that lack the supply of backup equipment to address the lack of electricity supply. [...] Chile’s entry Traders estimate losses close to $20 million per blackout was first published in Foco Informativa.

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The blackout in Chile was not caused by the fall of a meteorite near Valparaiso, as Internet users say despite the fact that there are no records of that celestial body, the experts consulted dismiss this theory and the technical authorities attribute the incident to an internal failure in the systems. EFE Verifica received a consultation through its WhatsApp channel (+34 648434618) about an X thread that blamed the interruption of the electrica…