SAO PAULO (AP) — Fire forced the shutdown of a transformer in a substation, causing a 30-minute-long power outage in five Brazilians states, the country’s Electric Energy System Operator said Thursday.
The government agency said in a statement that Wednesday night’s outage was caused by a fire in one of three transformers in the southern city of Foz de Iguacu.
The fire was quickly extinguished and the substation’s three other transformers swung into action.
About two weeks ago, a power outage caused by a flawed transformer hit six states in northeastern Brazil. More than 5 million people were left without electricity for at least 20 minutes.
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