US EditionPower restored in Berlin after longest blackout since World War Two
The left-wing extremist group Vulkangruppe targeted fossil-fuel infrastructure, causing a blackout impacting 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses in southwest Berlin, officials said.
- On Jan 7, electricity will be restored to tens of thousands in Berlin after a suspected arson attack on a power station cut power to about 45,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses in southwest Berlin.
- The Vulkangruppe said online that it targeted the fossil fuel economy and rising demand from AI data centres, claiming responsibility for the January 3 Tesla Gigafactory incident.
- On Jan 6, about 24,700 households and 1,120 businesses remained offline as hospitals used backup generators, mobile networks and local trains were disrupted, and public swimming pools and schools opened shelters.
- Authorities said they would press for stronger infrastructure protections and Berlin officials demanded federal help, with Governing Mayor Kai Wegner saying `These are not childish pranks, but rather professional criminals who attacked these power grids.`
- The Bundestag's interior committee will be briefed later this week as Germany's domestic intelligence service, BfV, warns left-wing militancy linked to Volcano has targeted infrastructure since 2011, intensifying calls for more investment in grid protection by federal and state authorities.
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Power restored to thousands of Berlin households after attack on lines causes several-day outage
Authorities say the power supply is being restored to thousands of households in Berlin that had been without electricity in freezing temperatures for four days following a suspected far-left attack on high-voltage lines.
Five days after the large-scale power outage in the south-west of Berlin, the power supply has started again. Gradually, all households are to have electricity again in the coming hours. The alleged "vulcan group" responsible for the attack has once again expressed its opinion on the action.
After the attack of suspected left-wing extremists on the power grid in the south-west of Berlin, the supply is to be re-launched on Wednesday. "We are gradually re-launching the power grid in the affected areas today from 11.00 a.m.," said Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU).
100,000 people in the dark, cold apartments, emergency shelters. The longest blackout in Berlin's post-war history demanded a lot from the city.
Berlin to restore power after arson attack causes record outage
Electricity was restored to southwestern Berlin on Wednesday after a suspected arson attack on a power station by leftist activists caused a blackout for tens of thousands of households, the longest outage in the German capital since World War Two.
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