Register / South Africa
Energy incidents: South Africa
Incidents recorded in South Africa across battery storage, solar, wind and grid infrastructure.
31 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
- Reported oil leak sparks fire at Kwagga substation in Pretoria West
- Explosion and fire at Linden substation cuts power to several suburbs
- Substation fire suspected to be caused by cable theft cuts power in Alberton
- Fire at Lambert Street substation cuts power to Pietermaritzburg CBD
- Fire at Wapadrand substation knocks out power to several suburbs
- East substation in La Montagne, Pretoria, catches fire after two cable theft attempts
- Klaarwater substation explosion in Pinetown cuts power to four suburbs
- Feederboard explosion at Brynorth substation cuts power across Johannesburg suburbs
- Mini-substation on 16th Avenue, Joe Nhlanhla, Alexandra explodes amid overload
- Suspected sabotage causes transformer fire at Eikenhof substation, Johannesburg
- Explosion and fire at Klaarwater substation cut power across Durban
- Vegetation fire at mini substation damages transformer in Dalview
- Fire at Johannesburg central substation linked to suspected cable theft
- Lightning strikes Eskom transformer at substation in Free State, causing fire
- Fire guts Palm Ridge Substation control room, cutting power to thousands
- Fire and explosion at Brakfontein Substation cuts power to Centurion suburbs
- Explosion at 66kV substation cuts power across Kempton Park
- Fire at Cydna substation cuts power to parts of Sandton, Johannesburg
- Fire at Thokoza substation Z7 causes power outage in Ekurhuleni
- Fire destroys Bosworth substation in Ekurhuleni, causing widespread outages
- Substation fire from transformer explosion cuts power across Vaal region
- Cable theft fire damages Olivenhoutbosch substation, South Africa
- Substation fire leaves Alberton without power for days
- Transformer explosion collapses building wall in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Fire at Bree substation cuts power across Johannesburg CBD
- Fire damages transformers at Wadeville 2nd Input substation, Ekurhuleni
- Transformer explosion at Bloemfontein substation cuts power to suburbs
- Substation fire destroys transformer, cuts power in Vanderbijlpark
- Substation explosion cuts power to Roodepoort suburbs in Johannesburg
- Substation fire in Newlands, Johannesburg, leaves residents without reliable power
- Battery fire at Table Mountain Aerial Cableway halts cable car service in Cape Town
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