A fire broke out at the Ping Zhongdian Cable Bridge in Long Ping, Yuen Long on Tuesday night (21st), causing major power outages in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun, and about 160,000 residents in the area complained.
CLP then carried out emergency power allocation and emergency repairs. As of yesterday morning (22nd), CLP indicated that the power supply had been fully restored.
However, this evening, there was another power outage in Yuen Long District. A resident of Yuen Long Chicken Tei said that at about 8 p.m., there was a sudden power outage in many buildings in the Chicken Tei area. , but there are still some buildings nearby that have not been restored to power.
In addition, some netizens photographed buildings, street lights and traffic lights in the vicinity of Thousand Colors Hui in Yuen Long suddenly turned off.
"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the incident from CLP.
Citizens of a building on Xijing Street in Yuen Long were trapped during the power outage, and firefighters arrived at the scene to rescue them.
(Photo by Liang Weiquan)
"Hong Kong 01" reporters inspected Xijing Street in Yuen Long at 8 p.m.. The buildings and ground floor restaurants around the scene were without power. Some diners also walked out of the store to learn about it during their meal.
In addition, some residents of Ho Shun Tai Building at No. 10 Xi Ching Street were trapped during the power outage, and firefighters arrived at the scene to rescue them.
Power was restored around 8:30.
The Fire Services Department received at least 5 reports of distress between 8:00 and 8:30.
Ms. Wang, a resident of Yuen Long, said that there was a sudden power outage in the Chicken Tei area just now at about 8 pm. All the electrical appliances in her house were suddenly turned off, and the street lights were all turned off when she looked out the window, which lasted about 7 to 8 minutes.
Miss Wang heard her neighbor yelling "No electricity!", and the neighbor also lit candles. She pointed out that the air conditioner in the house was suddenly turned off, and sighed, "It's so hot, so hot, I'm already sweating." However, the unit is on a high floor, so she didn't dare to leave the house rashly. building.
Ms. Wang also said that when the power outage occurred two days earlier, the area around her house was not affected, but it was affected today, and she was worried that there would still be power instability incidents in the next few days.
Some lights in Yuen Long's Gappoint Shopping Centre went out.
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Some netizens photographed buildings, street lights and traffic lights suddenly turning off near Thousand Colors Hui in Yuen Long.
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