Most people in Maastricht, Valkenburg, Berg and Terblijt and Cadier en Keer have power again. By were a failure since last night 16,000 connections without.
Around midnight Enexis managed to restore power for most households and businesses. Some 2,500 households are still without, but the operator will to reconnect during the night
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The cause of the major power outage was a short circuit in a transformer station, said a spokeswoman for the fire department. It then caught fire.
Fitters Enexis damage in the switching station can not receive, because the situation is in unsafe, according to the spokeswoman.
Tight elevator
Therefore site used an emergency generator, weighing 50 tons and a length of 16 meters. It also must provide the last dark houses in the region of light again.
Because of the power failure were, among other lights off. Also, some people were stuck in elevators.
RTL News / Reuters
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