Friday, March 27, 2009

Electricity partially restored in Tenerife.

Electricity on the island of Tenerife, part of the archipelago of the Canary Islands, partially restored. That was reported by a local publication Canarias7.
At the moment the supply of electricity resumed in the capital city of the island of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the two municipalities, as well as in the north and south of the island. No light is still four island municipality.
Reports of the accident was about an hour of the day Thursday (16:00 Moscow time). As a result of a power outage without light were about 830 thousand inhabitants of Tenerife. According to authorities, no accidents during this time were recorded. Reported only that the local rescue services received hundreds of calls from residents of the island, has been locked in elevators due to power outages.
Power outages associated with the storm passing over Tenerife in recent days. Thus, according to a preliminary version, the island was left without electricity due to the fact that the main power station hit by lightning.

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