{"id":62411,"date":"2022-04-07T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62411"},"modified":"2022-04-07T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:14:39","slug":"island-wide-blackout-strikes-puerto-rico-after-major-power-station-erupts-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62411","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Island-Wide Blackout&#8221; Strikes Puerto Rico After Major Power Station Erupts In Flames\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__Eyn7V\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__MEgbb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/island-wide-blackout-strikes-puerto-rico-after-major-power-station-erupts-flames\">&#8220;Island-Wide Blackout&#8221; Strikes Puerto Rico After Major Power Station Erupts In Flames\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>Puerto Rico&#8217;s power grid was hit by a devastating fire at one of the largest power plants on the island that triggered widespread blackouts, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-07\/fire-at-puerto-rico-power-plant-plunges-island-into-darkness\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, the outage began when a fire broke out at the Costa Sur power plant in the island&#8217;s southwest region, Puerto Rican utility company LUMA Energy said.<\/p>\n<p>The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) tweeted a video of one of the power plant&#8217;s generator circuit breakers erupting in flames, shooting fireballs into the night sky.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The power grid has suffered a massive island-wide blackout, potentially caused by a circuit breaker failure at the Costa Sur generation plant,&#8221; LUMA officials said Wednesday night. The fire was extinguished hours later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0Zndfc2Vuc2l0aXZlX21lZGlhX2ludGVyc3RpdGlhbF8xMzk2MyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJpbnRlcnN0aXRpYWwiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjo0fX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1511988602435248136&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Fisland-wide-blackout-strikes-puerto-rico-after-major-power-station-erupts-flames&amp;sessionId=bb43979330da4ae0f8111ddcad0e584d9628ed14&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=836e1d2f08d05%3A1649226201925&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1511988602435248136\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Pedro Pierluisi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovPierluisi\/status\/1511881544125890571?s=20&amp;t=-KWJmDxrNfJc9kC_B4x3Vg\">urged<\/a>\u00a0Puerto Ricans &#8220;to remain calm.&#8221; According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\">PowerOutage<\/a>, as many as 438k out of 1.468 million customers tracked are without power as of 0900 ET.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2022-04-07_09-17-21.png?itok=OhPfdHll\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2022-04-07_09-17-21.png?itok=OhPfdHll\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2022-04-07_09-17-21.png?itok=OhPfdHll\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"410\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a236f5fa-c92b-4fc5-bdda-2d482d61c6fa\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the outage was one of the biggest for the island&#8217;s deteriorating electrical grid, which has seen frequent rolling blackouts grow worse by the year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Puerto Rico exited bankruptcy last month, but PREPA remains buried in insurmountable debt, totaling around $9bln.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Island-Wide Blackout&#8221; Strikes Puerto Rico After Major Power Station Erupts In Flames\u00a0 Puerto Rico&#8217;s power grid was hit by a devastating fire at one of the largest power plants on the island that triggered widespread blackouts, according to\u00a0Bloomberg. 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