The municipalities of Etterbeek, Evere and Schaerbeek are affected by a power outage, announces Sibelga. The outage was noticed at 12:16 p.m. on April 6, and should be restored by 2:46 p.m., further specifies the manager of the gas and electricity networks in Brussels on its site. A deadline that has been extended by one hour. In total, it would be regarding thirty high voltage cabins which will have to be visited by the technicians. Around 2 p.m., half of the customers regained electricity.
A number of streets are affected, including Boulevard Auguste Reyers, Avenue Plasky, Avenue Rogier, or Place Meiser and Boulevard Léopold II.
“It is a fairly large supply station that supplies around thirty cabins, each of which in turn supplies several streets or a small district.“said a spokesperson for Sibelga. “The post suffered a technical problem, the exact nature of which is not yet known. It’s probably a part that has failed.“.