Substation blaze causes massive blackout in Soweto

Spokesperson for Eskom in Gauteng Reneiloe Semenya says one of the power utility’s substations caught fire on Sunday evening – plunging the area into darkness. 

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“We are attending to an outage affecting parts of Chiawelo, CWJ, Dlamini, Jabavu, Mofolo, Molapo, Moroka, Phiri, Pimville, Senaoane & White City following a fire incident at the substation last night.

“There is currently no estimated time of restoration, but technicians are on scene working on the outage.”