Power Outage thread as its such a regular occurrence now

[Cherie]

LIVE – Updated at 16:09

Firefighters are battling a huge blaze at an electrical substation in north-west London which has left some homes without power.

About 100 firefighters rushed to the scene near Aberdeen Place in St John’s Wood shortly before 5.30am on Tuesday.

Reports of power blackouts among local properties have started to emerge, although the scale of the impact on supplies is unclear.

Aberdeen Place is located not far from Regent’s Park, Lord’s Cricket Ground and Paddington Station.

Tuesday’s blaze comes just weeks after a massive fire erupted at an electricity substation in Hayes, west London, which forced Heathrow airport to shut for nearly a day.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/london-substation-fire-latest-100-firefighters-tackle-huge-blaze-as-dozens-evacuated-from-flats/ar-AA1DOWW4?ocid=BingNewsSerp

mmmm we sure have alot of power outages these days......all coincidental of course

[Cherie]

Homes left without power due to a fire at a substation in Devon yesterday

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj7rxpv4eyo

[Cherie]

Power outage closes some of the Tube

The power outage hit the Tube at around 2.30pm, with passengers turned away from Elizabeth line services since then.

Alison Hendry, 33, and Joseph Richardson, 37, were among them, having taken the Heathrow Express to Paddington after flying in from Glasgow earlier today.

Alison said: "It's a bit annoying they only told us when we got here.

"We walked all the way across the station, we have to go all the way back."

The pair hope to reach Walthamstow in time for a comedy show tonight.


Transport for London's website down
It seems the Transport for London's website is also dealing with intermittent issues.

When trying to access their page providing status updates on the affected lines, we were met with this message...

https://news.sky.com/story/tube-latest-power-outage-hits-london-underground-as-multiple-lines-suspended-and-stations-closed-13366731

[Cherie]

Same Sub Station at Maida Vale/St Johns Wood is on fire again

There have also been fires at Sub Stations at Milton Keynes

All very normal I am sure

[arista]

[Power outage closes some of the Tube

The power outage hit the Tube at around 2.30pm,
with passengers turned away from
Elizabeth line services since then.]




Yes that's terrible
Those Electric doors stay closed


Plus no bog on that train

[Nicky91]

lack of proper maintenance i think


similar to earlier this year at heathrow :think:

[Nicky91]

i don't know who the responsible power company is for maintenance work, but they need to do that every once in a while


and honestly, for scheduled maintenance work people receive a mail couple days before, which time they do this, and how long it might take to do that work, and they usually try to do it in as short amount of time as possible of course, otherwise freezers are off for too long

[Cherie]

The fire that caused the Tube and building outtage was at a different sub station in SW London

[arista]

lack of proper maintenance i think


similar to earlier this year at Heathrow:think:


Too many of these in London.


Nicky, it sometimes happens in your
capital as well

[Cherie]

lack of proper maintenance i think


similar to earlier this year at heathrow :think:

Sure, all these sub stations are just spontaneously combusting, even the one that was on fire last week has just reignited....

Police in Devon have said there was third party involvement, I guess they didn't get the memo to stay stum

[Nicky91]

Too many of these in London.


Nicky, it sometimes happens in your
capital as well

happens sometimes everywhere tbh


which is why proper maintenance is important, cables can fatigue easily over a longer amount of time


but anyway good news, our levels of solar and wind energy are great here, the energy prices in my nation haven't been as low as they are currently