A massive power outage affected the city of Toulouse and its surrounding area this morning of Friday October 18. More than 100,000 households were affected. The electricity has now returned.
You didn’t have electricity this morning of Friday October 18? Well, you’re not the only ones. Indeed, a power cut affected part of the city of Toulouse and several towns on its outskirts located in the North-West. In question, according to a publication from the Haute-Garonne prefecture on X (formerly Twitter): “an incident on a structure of the RTE electricity transmission network).
And this power cut was quite large since, according to RTE, “ more than 100,000 households have been affected “. But already, let the residents concerned rest assured, electricity has returned. “End of the power cut at 11:30 a.m. in the Toulouse area, all customers are now replenished thanks to the full mobilization of RTE teams,” declares the Electricity Transport Network https://twitter.com/RTE_SudOuest/status/1847211307545538654 before “apologizing for the inconvenience caused”.
The Toulouse tramway at the stop
In any case, this power outage has somewhat disrupted the city’s infrastructure. Effectively, tram traffic was interrupted at the Arènes station, as Tisséo indicates on its website. Toulouse-Blagnac airport also suffered the costs of this power cut.
” This cutoff affected our operations, causing disruptions to traffic and passenger routes. The airport is once again supplied with power and a gradual resumption of traffic is underway”, specified its management on X. Note that, since 12:30 p.m. this Friday, it has resumed “at a nominal situation”. “The flight schedule and the passenger journey are now taking place without disruption,” assures the airport.
