A true emergency was what the city of Santiago experienced during the early morning, when affected by a massive power outage due to falling tree in a distribution network.
The event occurred in high voltage tower on the Ochagavía-La Florida lineauthorities reported, which caused a blackout in Puente Alto, Ñuñoa, San Joaquín, Macul, Peñalolén, La Florida, La Granja, Providencia and Santiagoamong other.
The Superintendence of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) reported that There were 428,339 customers who were left without electricitydata provided by the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service.
At 8:00 a.m. there were still sectors without electricitywhich has left traffic lights out and serious road accidents on the streets of the capital.
Enel Distribución stated in a press release that the events occurred at 12:04 a.m. “product of a failure in the Ochagavía-La Florida high voltage lineowned by a company other than Enel, which affected the electricity supply of around 450 thousand customers.”
At the close of this news The havoc continued in the streets of Santiago.
