A vast electrical breakdown plunged part of the Czech Republic in chaos on Friday, paralyzing transport, disturbing hospital services and forcing stores to close, especially in the Prague capital. In question: the fall of a high -voltage line, which caused a series of major interruptions on the network.
According to the operator CEPS, the incident affected eight of the country’s 44 distribution stations and lasted for several hours. “The majority of Prague was assigned, mainly on the right bank” of the VLTAVA, said Karel Hanzelka, spokesperson for the PRE distributor, on network X.
People stuck in elevators
The three lines of the Praguois metro remained immobilized for around thirty minutes, said the public transport company DP. At the same time, firefighters had to intervene to release passengers stuck in the elevators. Public transport in other cities, as well as certain factories, have also been temporarily interrupted.
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Several hospital establishments have changed their rescue generators, while businesses have dropped the curtain in the face of the uncertainty of the recovery. This incident recalls the “Mega-Panne” which occurred on April 28 in Spain and Portugal, caused by a series of overvoltages that caused “a chain reaction”, according to a Spanish official report.
