Friday 10.14 pm
POWER UPDATE: KEMPTON PARK - We have started restoring power. Please note that this will be done in stages to avoid overload.@KemptonExpress
— CITY OF EKURHULENI (@City_Ekurhuleni) September 27, 2019
Friday 5.40pm:
As reported by ward councillor Jaco Terblanche:
“There is a fire at Eskom Esselen Park 88kV substation under the overhead lines and in the substation yard.
“The 88kV line feeding towards Kempton Park was burnt off. Eskom busy isolating on their side. Currently no estimated restore time available.
“We will update once all damage and repairs to be done assessed.”
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Original story:
A fire, affecting three substations in Glen Marais, Van Riebeeck Park and Rietfontein, has left many Kemptonians in the dark again on Friday.
A team is investigating the cause and extent of the damage and no turnaround time is known, the City of Ekurhuleni said in a tweet at 3.20pm.
This comes not even three days after a five-day blackout for many Kemptonians.
#CoEpowerAlert - Kempton Park
— CITY OF EKURHULENI (@City_Ekurhuleni) September 27, 2019
A fire broke out affecting 3 substations in Glen Marais, Van Riebeeck Park and Rietfontein. A team is investigating the cause and extent of the damages. TAT not yet known. @KemptonExpress pic.twitter.com/hey1XmArnL
After three hours without power, fuming residents were waiting for any information from the City of Ekurhuleni.
Kempton Express has also not been notified.
Ward councillor Jaco Terblanche was prepared to go on record on Friday afternoon, saying there was a fire at a substation near Esselen Park, which could be the cause of the widespread outage.
According to him the fire had not been completely put out and he doubted that any work would start before Saturday.
In the meantime, the City of Ekurhuleni did send out a tweet about a power failure in Tembisa, telling residents they did not have any turnaround time.
Kempton Express will publish updates if made available by the City.
#CoEpowerAlert - Tembisa
— CITY OF EKURHULENI (@City_Ekurhuleni) September 27, 2019
The City_Ekurhuleni and @Eskom technicians are attending to the power supply interruption affecting Tembisa. The restoration time will be communicated once the cause is identified. pic.twitter.com/1lfwY2HgCs
