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Alex electrical substation on fire

City Power's Isaac Mangena said an investigation was launched.

Investigators were on scene at an electrical substation that caught fire in Alexandra on Tuesday, 16 July 2019. Picture: @CityPowerJhb/Twitter
Investigators were on scene at an electrical substation that caught fire in Alexandra on Tuesday, 16 July 2019. Picture: @CityPowerJhb/Twitter
| 323 days ago

JOHANNESBURG - An electrical substation in Alexandra has caught fire on Tuesday.

It's not clear what caused the blaze but City Power's Isaac Mangena said an investigation was launched.

“We are on our way and don’t know who was affected. We will provide an update. We have our technicians on the scene.”

It was the same one that was recently damaged and left large parts of Alexandra without power for days.

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