Power failure in Regensburg: It takes hours to rectify the situation - the fire brigade offers emergency power

Created: 01/05/2022, 07:32 AM

From: Katharina Haase

In Regensburg, the lights went out involuntarily in many places on Thursday.

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In Regensburg there was a power failure in several parts of the city on Tuesday evening.

The disturbance lasted until Wednesday.

Regensburg

- In three districts in the south of the city of Regensburg the power went out on Tuesday evening, January 4th.

According to the police report, residents were without electricity from 10 p.m. until the early hours of Wednesday morning.

After several residents reported the failure, the local electricity supplier Rewag worked hard to fix the power failure in Graß, Oberisling and Leoprechting.

In the meantime, the power supply should be stable again.

Regensburg: residents for hours without electricity - defects in a substation

As a spokesman said, referring to the local electricity supplier Rewag, two defects in a substation can be identified as the cause of the power failure.

There are no indications of a criminal offense.

Power failure in Regensburg: fire stations contact point for citizens

Since landline connections, critical infrastructure or important medical equipment could also be affected by a power failure, the fire department equipment stores in the Oberisling and Graß districts were occupied as a contact point for citizens seeking help.

This was announced by a spokesman for the fire department.

The fire brigades have emergency power and are connected to the control center by radio, which is why citizens can be helped more quickly.

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