Tshwane substation on fire
Residents of Equestria, Silver Lakes, Wapadrand, Faerie Glen and Olypmus are experiencing a power outage, after a fire engulfed the Wapadrand substation in the east of the Tshwane Metro .
Residents of Equestria, Silver Lakes, Wapadrand, Faerie Glen and Olypmus are experiencing a power outage, after a fire engulfed the Wapadrand substation in the east of the Tshwane Metro .
The substation caught fire on Tuesday morning.
Tshwane spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says emergency teams are attending to the problem.
Mashigo says it will take a while before the cause of the fire has been established.
On Monday morning, the same areas also experienced a major outage, when Tshwane said cable theft caused the disruption.
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Sub-station is burning like hell in PRETORIA EAST silverlakes or wapadrand. We MIGHT not have elecrricity for the next two weeks... pic.twitter.com/Ui38RmeaWD
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