Fire at substation causes blackouts

In the south eastern parts of London, hundreds of households and thousands of people  were left without electricity after a fire broke out at an electricity sub-station. The fire was in Sydenham park and the London Fire Brigade was notified at about twenty one minutes past seven in the morning on Sunday.

The energy utility, EDF Energy cited safety reasons for isolating electricity supply about one and a half hours after the fire fighters were called in. As a result of the supply isolation, thousands of households were without electricity.

A spokesperson for the energy utility assured the affected consumers in the area that they were working closely with the London Fire Brigade and then sent out the company’s apologies for the inconveniences that the power cut had caused.

The spokesperson added that as soon as the London Fire Brigade had allowed access to the scene of the fire the company would be conducting an assessment of the damage and after that electricity supplies would be resumed as soon as possible.

The spokesperson attributed the loss of loss of transmission on BBC1 and BBC2 at about nine in the morning to the blaze. A spokesperson for BBC gave a confirmation of the loss of transmission in London. The broadcasting interruption last about twenty minutes. The BBC spokesperson explained that the substation blaze cut off supply of electricity to the Crystal Palace TV mast in south-east London and thus the broadcasting interruption.

For most of the affected electricity consumers, electricity supply was resumed by EDF Energy at quarter to noon.

www.edfenergy.com