Almost eleven thousand Stedin customers in Vlaardingen were without power for hours on Sunday morning due to a malfunction. The network operator has found the cause of the problem and the first fifteen hundred customers now have electricity again. The rest will follow gradually.
Early on Sunday morning, smoke came out of the high-voltage substation in Vlaardingen and that problem had to be solved by the fire brigade first. A spokesman for the security region reported that there was no fire, but only smoke development.
Mechanics then went to the high-voltage substation to investigate the problem. Stedin reports Twitter that the cause of the failure has been found and that everyone will gradually get power again.
Due to the malfunction, air conditioners and freezers, for example, do not work. The temperature can rise to around 29 degrees on Sunday.
Emergency services form crisis team in connection with heat
Various emergency services, including the police and the fire brigade, formed a crisis team on Sunday morning to discuss the impact of the power failure. A spokesperson for the security region said that care homes, for example, could experience problems due to the expected heat.
The security region has already made a quick inventory of how many “vulnerable objects” are present in the area. You should think of nursing homes, for example. A spokesman said that number of objects seemed to be better than expected.
People in the area have already been freed from elevators and the traffic lights are not working. The security region is not yet aware of any major problems.
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2023-06-11 07:50:43
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