'The whole place blew up'
21/04/2008 10:14  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - Power cuts have led to an explosion of a substation in Walmer Port Elizabeth, the Weekend Post reported on Sunday.

Municipal spokesperson Lourens Schoeman said the blast was caused when oil-based circuit breakers exploded due to power surges from load shedding.

"We saw some smoke coming out and the whole place blew up. These switches are very old and they are not designed to be switched on and off," municipal electricity technical manager Barnard Lamour said.

The explosion happened on Saturday, near the William Moffett Expressway and Main Road interchange.

The blast put some parts of the Nelson Mandela Bay in the dark throughout the day on Sunday.

 

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