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Power outages hit Mosfellsbaer, Grafarholt and Grafarvogur

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Power outages affected Grafarholt and Grafarvogur in Reykjavik and Ulfarsaardalur in Mosfellsbaer.
  • Veitur workers were traveling to the site to locate a fault at a substation near Korpa.
  • The utility said it hoped to restore power as soon as possible.

Parts of Grafarholt and Grafarvogur in Reykjavik, as well as Ulfarsaardalur in Mosfellsbaer, lost power. The outage affected some areas partly and others completely.

Silja Ingolfsdottir, a communications officer for utility company Veitur, said workers were heading to the site to find the source of the problem. She said they first had to locate the fault and then follow safety procedures before restoring electricity.

Veitur said on its website that the fault was inside a substation near Korpa. Workers were trying to identify the problem and hoped to restore power as soon as possible.

The fault must first be located, and then established procedures must be followed to restore the power so that no one is injured.

· Silja IngolfsdottirVeitur’s communications officer explained why crews could not immediately restore electricity.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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