Named in a role in 5 records, between 2018 and 2024.
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Over about two months to mid-December 2024, five electricity substations in wards 90 and 97 of the eThekwini Municipality caught fire or exploded, according to a report in The Citizen. In October the Dan Pienaar Road substation in Amanzimtoti exploded,...
An explosion and fire broke out at the Mariannridge Major substation in Pinetown after 19:00 on Tuesday 19 April 2022. The blaze also affected substations in Hillcrest, Waterfall and Westmead, and electricity supplies were lost in Durban's inner west and...
A transformer exploded and caught fire at Klaarwater substation on Wilshire Road in Pinetown, west of Durban, South Africa on 13 March 2019. The fire produced large plumes of black smoke and fire and electricity department crews attended the scene. Power was...
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A local report published on 12 February 2019 says a substation in Yardley Avenue, in the Bluff, exploded moments after electricity returned to Malbourough Park following load-shedding. The report describes billowing smoke and towering flames, and says...
An explosion occurred at the 275kV Klaarwater major substation in Durban, South Africa, causing a widespread power outage affecting around 50 percent of the city, including areas in the Northern, Western and Southern regions. The eThekwini Municipality...
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