Lightning strike leaves thousands on New Providence without power four hours as Opposition blasts government's energy management

Lightning strike leaves thousands on New Providence without power four hours as Opposition blasts government's energy management

NASSAU, BAHAMAS -A lightning strike at the Blue Hills Power Station resulted in thousands of residents and businesses across New Providence being left without electricity for hours on Sunday, with some communities remaining without power well into the night. The prolonged outage is the latest in a s

Lightning strike triggers BPL explosion and massive outages

A LIGHTNING strike that triggered an explosion at Bahamas Power and Light’s Blue Hills Power Station yesterday deepened public anger over a summer of repeated outages, leaving residents, businesses, hotels, the airport and parts of Princess Margaret Hospital grappling with disruptions as critics accused the Davis administration of failing to fix the country’s electricity crisis.