Joburg emergency services were battling with smoke in City Power’s underground tunnels where a fire broke out early on Monday, leaving parts of the city without power.
The outage happened around 8am after a fire in City Power’s underground tunnels at Ntemi Piliso Street tripped two main lines to Central and Selby substation.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
City Power senior managers and engineers met on site to draw up recovery and restoration plans and to assess alternative power supplies.
City Power said its teams were still unable to go into the tunnels in the afternoon because of safety concerns. It said work underground will start once the tunnels are declared safe.
By early Monday afternoon, emergency medical services (EMS) teams were busy trying to suck out the smoke from underground. They were unable to pinpoint the location of the fire within the affected 3km stretch of the tunnel.
“City Power technicians will not be able to go underground today. We may be able to on Tuesday afternoon, depending on an all-clear from the emergency and environmental services.
“The air quality and structural integrity will also be cleared before technicians can go down,” City Power said.
City Power said the fire affected power supply to most of the Johannesburg CBD, Booysens and Selby.
Environmental infrastructure services department MMC Michael Sun visited the site with City Power managers to assess the situation and monitor the recovery plans.
City Power said it anticipated that rush hour traffic on Tuesday morning will be affected as traffic lights in the CBD are not working
↯↯↯Read More On The Topic On TDPel Media ↯↯↯
Related News:
Related posts:
- Etihad Rail completes excavation works of all tunnels of the UAE National Rail Network Etihad Rail completes excavation works of all tunnels of the UAE National Rail Network ABU DHABI, 21st November 2021 H. H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed...
- Smoke billowing from Joburg CBD manholes as underground fire rages Emergency services have responded to a fire in an underground tunnel in the Johannesburg CBD, which has left Selby and the surrounding areas without electricity....
- Johannesburg EMS battles underground fire – 3km of electricity cables affected Michael Sun, Johannesburg MMC for Environment Infrastructure Service Department (EISD), said City Power was notified of the subterranean fire at 7:00 a.m. on Monday. @CityofJoburgEMS...
- UK, Egypt Discuss Bilateral Cooperation In Several Projects Including Railways, Electric Tractors And Underground Metro United Kingdom, Egypt – Minister of Transport Lieutenant General Kamel Al Wazir met with British Ambassador to Egypt Sir Geoffrey Adams, to discuss cooperation in...
- Swedish Government approves plans for underground repository for spent nuclear fuel The licence allows SKB, the developer of the GDF in Sweden, to take final steps and preparations for initial construction of the site. The process stipulated...
- Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar proposes underground subways at Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road Junction Shiv Sena MLA from Jogeshwari Ravindra Waikar has written to MMRDA Commissioner suggesting pedestrian underground subways at the heavily congested traffic junction where Jogeshwari-Vikroli Link...
- Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar proposes underground subways at Jogeshwari Junction Shiv Sena MLA from Jogeshwari Ravindra Waikar has written to MMRDA Commissioner suggesting pedestrian underground subways at the heavily congested traffic junction where Jogeshwari-Vikroli Link...
- Bomb shelter babies: Pregnant moms forced to give birth underground Images of Ukrainian babies entering the world in basements and bomb shelters amid the Russian invasion of Kiev, in Ukraine, has flooded social media and...
- Pregnant moms give birth underground | Video Looking for a shortcut to The South African YouTube channel? Find all the videos here for a quick illustrative version of all the news you...
- 5 Eligibility Factors that can Affect Your Personal Loan Application Today, one can apply for an online or instant personal loan in a few fast and easy steps since these loans are free of collateral....