A man has been severely burnt and taken to hospital after an alleged failed cable theft attempt caused a substation to explode and cut power to central suburbs of Port Elizabeth on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Municipal spokesperson Roland Williams said the M&S substation, located in Evatt Street in Central, had blown at around 10:00 on Monday. This then caused an electricity outage over the PE Central area.<\/p>\n
“Our technicians attended to the problem by isolating the substation and rerouting supply to the affected areas from other sub-stations,” he said.<\/p>\n
Williams said the municipality was currently investigating an attempted cable theft at the substation, which is most likely the cause for the explosion and subsequent electrical outage.<\/p>\n
“It appears that the security of the M&S Substation was breached and one of the suspects was burnt,” he said.<\/p>\n
Williams said the man had been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
Power had since been restored to the area.<\/p>\n
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