A power failure has caused on the Spanish island of Tenerife for impairments. From the blackout were initially affected about 400 000 of the total 900 000 inhabitants of the Canary Islands, said the power company Endesa. Meanwhile, the situation is relaxing again. Tourists had less problems in their hotels according to media reports.
The power failure caused an explosion at 13:11 in the substation Granadilla de Abona in the south of the island. Try to get to the bottom of the cause of the explosion.
Trams drive again, also mobile phone network stable
By 20 clock 30 percent of those affected would have had electricity again, it said. Patricia Hernández, the mayor of the island's capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, wrote on Twitter, and by late in the evening Endesa wanted to restore most of the supplies.
Informa Endesa que ha podido restablecer la conexión a 95.000 hogares en el área metropolitana (Santa Cruz, La Laguna, El Rosario y Tegueste) Señala la empresa que siguen trabajando para recuperar la normalidad
- Patricia Hernández (@PatriciaHdezGut) September 29, 2019Because of the power outage sat in the evening, according to media reports still some people in garages and elevators stuck. The fire department announced in the afternoon that there had been more than 70 actions to lift people out of elevators.
Problems with the mobile phone connections and the Internet became rarer in the evening. The trams that connect Santa Cruz with San Cristobal de La Laguna and all stopped, drove in the evening again.
At the two airports Tenerife Norte and Tenerife Sur the operation was not disturbed, informed the airport management company Aena. Thanks to emergency generators, the hospitals and most hotels on the island had no major problems.