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Grid infrastructure incidents in South Africa
Grid infrastructure incidents recorded in South Africa, with what happened, the contributing factors and the lessons, each with its sources.
35 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
- Fire at Kagiso substation cuts power supply
- Fire at Mooikloof substation leaves residents without power
- Reported substation explosion leaves Pietermaritzburg residents without power
- Fire at Kloofsig substation disrupts power supply
- Explosion and fire at Eskom's Parys substation cuts power to town
- Transformer fire at Spartan substation cuts power near Kempton Park airport
- Explosion and fire at Linden substation cuts power to Johannesburg 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
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