Greece hit by power cuts after fire breaks out at power station

Holding Admie Ipto SA

07/02/2021 22:37

ATHENS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Regions across Greece were hit by
power cuts on Sunday night after a fire broke out at a
high-voltage power station in a suburb of Athens, the fire
brigade and officials at the country's power grid operator,
ADMIE, said.
    About 12 firefighters with four engines were battling the
flames at the power station in Aspropyrgos, in the west of
Athens. 
    The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, but one
ADMIE official said it was probably a technical failure. 
    Localities in Greece affected by the power outage include
the cities of Athens and Piraeus as well as areas in the
Peloponnese peninsula.

 (Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou; Editing by
Peter Cooney)
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