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The Eikenhof substation, which supplies the Eikenhof pump station with power, was tripped on Monday evening around 20:45 due to a suspected lighting strike. The outage lasted for about two hours, affecting several areas of the city.
This is the second time the substation has been tripped in recent weeks.
“This evening, we experienced a power failure in one of our substations. Particularly one in Eldarado Park, which affected the Orlando substation.
“The findings suggested that it was a lighting strike. I can confidently inform the residents that power has been fully restored,” said Gwamanda last night.
@CityofJoburgZA Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda visiting Orlando substation following a trip on Monday evening at 20h45, which affected Eikenhof substation feeding Rand Water. The outage, which lasted for about two hours, is suspected to have been caused by thunderstorms and… pic.twitter.com/S9HDplazzd
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 18, 2024
This morning, City Power confirmed that no fault was found on both Vesting and Logherin distributors and that supply had been restored to customers in Kibler Park, Naturena, and surrounding areas.
“We thank you for your patience and understanding during this time, and we again apologize for the inconvenience caused.”
959 Breakfast’s Sizwe Dhlomo and Sol Phenduka shared their experiences with lightning. They asked listeners to share if they’ve recently had to deal with lightning damage and what the damages were:
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