Sri Lanka: Japanese technicians have conducted tests on the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) transformers which exploded last week, and have sent samples to Japan for further tests, according to Colombo Gazette.
Sri Lanka: German transformer experts are due to arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday 21 March to inspect some 30 electrical transformers and recommend ways to prevent countrywide power failures after two identical transformers exploded and caught fire at Biyagama and Kotugoda substations last week, causing island-wide blackout.
South Africa, Gauteng: A fire that broke out on Friday morning at the Rynfield substation has left parts of Benoni in the Ekurhuleni municipality without electricity.