124 thousand people were left without electricity
In Novorossiysk, today, on Tuesday, March 5, at about 16:30, the light went out in almost all areas of the city. According to the preliminary version, the incident occurred because of the substation located in the village of Kirillovka. 124 thousand people were left without light.
The accident caused huge traffic jams in the city, as traffic lights stopped working in many places. Also got electric transport.
Messages began to spread in social networks that an explosion had occurred at the substation. There are versions that it could be a terrorist attack. However, the authorities soon refuted this information.
- In social networks appeared information about the alleged terrorist attack. This is false information. Yes, indeed, a fire occurred at the power supply facility. The situation is under control, "Our Newspaper" edition reports the words of Novorossiysk Mayor Alexander Yamenskov.
Currently, residents of the Primorsky, Southern and Central districts, as well as the village of Myskhako and partly of the Eastern district, remain without electricity. At the same time, social facilities were transferred to backup power sources.
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