A fire broke out in an electricity transformer at the Hertel substation in La Prairie, Monterrey on Thursday evening.
The fire emitted a large plume of black smoke and required the intervention of firefighters.
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Despite the incident, no power failure was reported by Hydro-Québec.
“The electricity demand was transferred to other equipment. There was no impact on other equipment,” said Hydro-Québec spokesperson, Francis Lab, assuring that no customers saw their power supply interrupted by the fire.
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The cause of the disaster remained a mystery till evening. Hydro-Québec intends to let firefighters do their job before starting its investigation.
The new setback comes at the end of a week for the state-owned company, which has had to reconnect more than 1.1 million customers since last Thursday due to a blizzard.
Hydro-Québec’s website has also been down since the start of the day due to a “denial of service” by hackers, possibly Russians, like many websites of government agencies or national interest across the country.
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