Power restored in most areas following major Durban blackout
Residents in the Greater Durban area were sent searching for
torches and candles on Tuesday night, when a major blackout struck the city.
eThekwini made a post on its official social media platforms confirming the outage.
The municipality said that a fault at Eskom’s Avon substation saw almost all areas north of the Umgeni River left in the dark.
The lights also went out in areas in Morningside, Overport, parts of Westville and in the Upper Highway – among others.
Most areas had their electricity supply restored within about an hour.
Officials said people whose lights remained off should log the outage as per a normal fault.
To do so, you can call 080-311-1111 or Email [email protected]
Eskom’s Avon substation incurred a fault resulting in a blackout to entire areas north of the Umgeni. Pockets of areas south of the Umgeni: Morningside and Overport are also out. Over a third of Durbans load is down.
— eThekwini Muni (@eThekwiniM) June 18, 2019
As information filters through from Eskom we will update. pic.twitter.com/XzJiVz2eey
POWER UPDATE:
— eThekwini Muni (@eThekwiniM) June 18, 2019
Part supply has been restored from Eskom from the north and we have been able to restore all other supplies from our back up High voltage cables in the City. pic.twitter.com/tU4mBJLgox
Customers who are still off must please log the fault as normal power outage.
— eThekwini Muni (@eThekwiniM) June 18, 2019
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