Lija without power as transformer fails

Several hundred people living in Lija have been without power since just before noon today. Informed sources said the outage was caused by a fault in a substation's transformer. Enemalta employees are working on its replacement, but the sources said...

Several hundred people living in Lija have been without power since just before noon today.

Informed sources said the outage was caused by a fault in a substation's transformer. Enemalta employees are working on its replacement, but the sources said the operation normally takes several hours.

It is not known when power will be restored.

A resident said she had been told by Enemalta that power was expected to be restored late in the evening.

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