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15,000 homes were plunged into darkness this Thursday morning between Tarn and Aveyron following a technical incident at an electrical substation in Baraqueville. Power was finally restored at the end of the morning, announced the transport network manager RTE.
Bad surprise for the inhabitants of the north-east of Tarn and the south-west of Aveyron this Thursday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m., 15,000 homes were plunged into darkness following a power cut.
A #cut d’#electricity ⚡️is underway in the northeast of #Tarn and the southwest of#Aveyron . Our teams are mobilized to restore electricity as quickly as possible.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused. pic.twitter.com/Sv3AnKQBbg— RTE en Sud-Ouest (@RTE_SudOuest)
The cause: a technical incident that occurred on an electrical substation in the town of Baraqueville (Aveyron), the manager of the RTE southwest transport network explains to La Dépêche du Midi. Its teams were mobilized to restore electricity “as soon as possible”. Two hours after the outage, 6,500 homes had already regained power and the situation returned to normal for all affected homes by the end of the morning.
End of incident in the northeast of #Tarn and the southwest of#Aveyron. L’#electricity is restored for all affected households. We renew our apologies for the inconvenience caused. pic.twitter.com/Ypj0N7e5Nf
— RTE en Sud-Ouest (@RTE_SudOuest)
RTE southwest indicates that its teams are still working to determine the exact cause of the technical incident and renews its apologies for the inconvenience caused.
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