Country affected by two power outages

Two separate incidents left hundreds of Barbados Light and Power (BL&P) customers without any electricity yesterday morning.

Just after 8 a.m. crews responded to calls of a burning pole near the Crane in St. Philip, which affected supply to residents in that area and those surrounding including; Belair, Long Bay and Sam Lord’s.

Meanwhile, just before ten o’clock, an installation failure of a transformer at the Spring Garden plant left customers in the north, parts of Central Barbados and parts of Christ Church without power.

Communications Advisor with the BL&P Nicole Scantlebury said, “Our teams have been working to further investigate the cause of the outage and safely restore power in the shortest time possible and we are happy to report that all customers have been restored.

“We sincerely apologise to all affected customers and thank them for their patience during this time,” she said.

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