US EditionPower outage in Dutch city leaves 20,000 households in dark
- A major power outage left more than 20,000 households in Enschede, a Dutch city, without electricity on April 28, 2025.
- According to the grid operator Enexis, the outage started around 11 a.m. When a fault occurred during upkeep at a power distribution facility.
- The outage affected homes and businesses, caused many shops to close, and disabled cash registers and ATMs, while a technician was injured and hospitalized.
- Hein van der Loo, Safety Council chairman, noted that about half of the nearly 1,000 fire stations lack emergency generators and urged better preparedness.
- Although the incident was resolved quickly, it raised concerns about the Netherlands’ readiness for large-scale outages, especially after recent widespread blackouts in Spain and Portugal.
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Another blackout in Europe: more than 20,000 homes were left without electricity in the Netherlands near the German border
It happened in the city of Enschede, where the shops had to close and the traffic lights stopped working.It was because of the explosion of a substation, which left one injured.They investigate what caused it.
Power outage affects part of Enschede, more than 20,500 households affected
The problem is probably at one distribution station, where an incident occurred on Wednesday morning. Local media write about an explosion. The municipality and grid operator Enexis are working on the problem.
Power outage in Dutch city leaves over 20,000 households in dark
Power outage in Dutch city leaves over 20,000 households in dark The Hague: A major power outage struck the eastern Dutch city of Enschede, leaving more than 20,000 households without electricity for about two hours, local authorities said. According to Dutch grid operator Enexis, the blackout was caused by a short circuit during maintenance […] The post Power outage in Dutch city leaves over 20,000 households in dark appeared first on Mangalo…
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