SRI LANKA: Monkey causes nationwide blackout
An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid substation caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said. “A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer causing an imbalance in the system,” Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody said about the power outage, which began around 11:30am (0600 GMT). The intrusion took place […]
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An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid substation caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said.
“A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer causing an imbalance in the system,” Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody said about the power outage, which began around 11:30am (0600 GMT).
The intrusion took place in a south Colombo suburb, he said.
While power was restored in some areas, it was not immediately clear how much longer the outage would last.
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“Engineers are attending to it to try and restore the service as soon as possible,” the minister said.