Nationwide electricity outage leaves Ecuador in the dark

A nationwide electricity outage struck Ecuador on Wednesday, leaving the nation of some 18 million in the dark, including the capital’s subway system.

A nationwide electricity outage struck Ecuador on Wednesday, leaving the nation of 18 million in the dark, including the capital’s subway system, as authorities worked to repair faulty power lines, a senior official said on Wednesday.

“There is a failure in the transmission line that caused a cascade disconnection, so there’s no electricity at a national scale,” Public Works Minister Roberto Luque said in a post on X.

Luque also serves as the country’s acting energy minister.

A Reuters witness said there was confusion on the streets of Quito, the capital, as traffic lights ceased working.

Operations of Quito’s subway system have also ground to a halt.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ecuador-nationwide-electricity-outage-rcna157973

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