The city power technicians are currently working to restore power to most parts of Alexandra following the fire that gutted a switching substation on Tuesday night, plunging almost half of the township into darkness.
The work to restore power will involve putting in new infrastructure including cables that were totally destroyed during the fire.
Investigations is also underway to determine what caused the fire. It is that, there is also a suspicion of vandalism as the locks to the substation chambers was broken.
The incident affected power supply to areas between 2nd Avenue and 18th Avenue from Vasco Da Gama and Selbourne streets.
The switching substation is over 50years old, and process was already underway to build a new one as part of upgrading electricity infrastructure across Alexandra Township. A total of R16 Million has been budgeted this financial year for the upgrading of this substation.
The city power said they are anticipating that the work to restore power would be completed by this evening around 21h00, should everything go accordingly.
“We apologise to the customers for any inconvenience caused to the residents by this incident,” Isaac Mangeng, Spokesperson of City Power.
