City Power says it's working around the clock to restore power at the Orlando switching station following extensive damage caused by a fire on the local feeder board. | iavanpijoos
City Power said the Orlando 88kV lines had been isolated due to a fault that caused a fire on the Soweto local feeder board in the early hours of Thursday morning.The outage has disrupted Rand Water Board operations in Eikenhof.City Power says it's working around the clock to restore power at the Orlando switching station, following extensive fire damage to the local feeder board.
"Initial investigations suggest that this was due to acts of theft and vandalism where the batteries and links were stolen at the station, resulting in feeder jumpers being destroyed and taking the whole station down," Mangena added. "Unfortunately, this outage has also disrupted Rand Water Board operations in Eikenhof as there is no power supply to our substation.
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