This Monday, April 28 A massive light blackout was reported in Spainso the country remained several hours without electricity supply. Also, regions of Portugal, France and Germany They were affected by this incident, according to international press information.
This fact occurred at 12.33 hours in Spain on Monday (around 4.33 hours in local hours). According to the official publication of the Electricity of Spain (REE), More than 80 percent of the electric service has been recovered. In addition, the Spanish entity mentions that the supply in transport substations has already been restored:
“It is already energized all of the substations parks of the transport network (99.11 percent) ”, They mentioned in their X account.
In addition, it was reported that several Mexican celebrities were stranded and incommunicado in Spain following the blackoutas well as the cancellation of several flights to different destinations.
Why were several artists stranded during the mass blackout in Spain?
The artists were in that country in the framework of Platinum Awards, which were held on April 27.
Following the celebration of this event, some film and television stars remained without access to social networks and the Internet for several hours. According to the international press, Aislinn, Vadhir, and Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Michelle Renaud, Adriana Barraza, Daniel Sosa, Ana de la Reguera, Cristofer Fernández and the filmmaker Rodrigo Prietoamong other celebrities, were present at the awards.
What do the authorities say regarding the mass blackout in Spain?
According to data from EFEthe blackout occurred after the “sudden disappearance” of 15 gigawatts of power, which supposed the 60 percent of the electricity supply at that timewithout still being able to establish the cause of this event, explained the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Sanchez mentioned that They are analyzing the possible reasons of the mass electric blackoutwithout ruling out any hypothesis about this unusual situation. In addition, it was reported that King Felipe VI will preside over the National Security Council meeting this April 29 following the blackout.
It was also announced that Flights have suffered some arrears and cancellations. On the other hand, no incidents have been reported in hospitals so far.