Neighbors there have been evacuated and more than 50 thousand people are without electricity

Adesur substation in Caballito It caught fire on Saturday afternoon. Due to the fire, residents were evacuated and thousands of users in the city are without power service. There were no injuries and the cause of the flames is currently unknown.

At 2:51 p.m., an emergency call was made to 911 due to flames at an Adesur company electrical substation. Jose Maria Moreno at 300, between Juan Bautista Alberti and Formosa. On social networks, neighbors shared photos of the site, including a thick black column of smoke that could be seen for miles.

flames started rising inside ground floor and first floor of the Caballito substation, a building 25 meters wide and 40 meters deep.

Personnel of Neighborhood Police Station 6B reached the spot. At least four city firefighters and 12 SAM units (eight ambulances and four specialized mobiles) are also operating. Official sources indicated that there were no casualties.

In the first example, they were Both the substation and adjacent buildings were evacuated. As the fire later spread to the rear of a building on Riglos Street, the security perimeter was extended to the entire block and residents were being evacuated from building to building. City police indicated that the fire was already under control by 4 pm.

At 4:30 pm, 71,391 Adesur users were without power. According to details provided by ENRE, 54,334 of them have been affected by the fire at the Caballito substation, some due to interruptions in medium voltage service and others due to scheduled outages. In addition to Caballito, there are entire blocks of Almagro, Boedo and Parque Chacabuco. As a result, dozens of traffic lights in the area do not function.

The flames erupted around 3 p.m. The temperature in the city reached 36 degreesAfter getting respite from the rain between Friday night and Saturday morning. At 4 p.m., amid a heat wave that has been going on for several days in Buenos Aires, the temperature in the Buenos Aires area rose to 32 degrees and the thermal was already at 38.3.

He clarified to Adesur that there are still no details about what happened at the substation. “Once the situation is under control, we will be able to assess the damage,” he said. And although ENRE has said on its website that service will be restored between this Saturday night and Sunday at 2:54 a.m., the company is more Attention,

“We are now waiting for firefighters to extinguish the fire. Only then will our technical staff be able to assess the damage caused to the facilities. As soon as we enter, we will get a general overview of the situation,” the spokespersons said.

And he stressed: “Until that happens, there’s no way of knowing when service will return.”