Blackout in Crimea: more than 50 thousand people without electricity (photos, video)
30 July 2024 22:07
On Tuesday, 30 July, Kerch and its suburbs were cut off from power after a series of fires at four substations at once. This was reported by [Kommersant] reports with reference to the Russian media.
According to the according to Mash, about 53,000 people were left without electricity. The fire engulfed power facilities in the area of the 450th block, Mount Mithridates and the villages of Osovyny and Bondarenkove.

Later, the information about the blackout was later confirmed by the so-called Ministry of Energy of the annexed Crimea.

At the same time, the “First Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy” of the Republic of Crimea, Vladimir Voronkin called the cause of the incident the cause of the incident as a technological malfunction at a high-voltage substation, while earlier Russian media reported a possible sabotage.
Telegram channels even published a video of a fire at a substation in Kerch.