Transformer fire caused widespread power cuts across Jakarta

Indonesia, Jakarta: Large areas of Jakarta and Tangerang were left without electricity for several hours on Wednesday afternoon after a transformer caught fire at a substation in Kembangan, West Jakarta, state power company PLN said.

 


Indonesia, Jakarta: Large areas of Jakarta and Tangerang were left without electricity for several hours on Wednesday afternoon after a transformer caught fire at a substation in Kembangan, West Jakarta, state power company PLN said.

According to PLN officials, the power failure was caused by a fire that broke out at an interbus transformer responsible for distributing electricity to other power stations, cutting the electricity supply, reports Jakarta Globe.