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Explosion, fire at east substation
'Electricians had to isolate power as the transformer was ablaze.'
Tshwane fire-fighters rushed to Wilgers in the east of Pretoria where a substation blew up on Monday.
“It was a transformer that was on fire. Upon arrival electricians were on the scene and had already isolated the power,” Tshwane emergency management service spokesperson Charles Mabaso said.
Mabaso said by 18:30 on Monday evening, the fire had been extinguished.
Mabaso further said no outages as far as he is aware of have been reported.
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