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Thousands of Families in North Limburg Were Without Power for an Hour

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

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

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • A medium-voltage network fault left thousands of households without electricity in several North Limburg municipalities.
  • Fluvius restored power through a network switch at 11:15 after an outage that began around 10 a.m.
  • The utility said a transformer had failed and that it was still investigating the cause.

Thousands of families in North Limburg were without electricity for about an hour after a fault on the medium-voltage network. The outage affected Hamont, Achel, Kaulille, Bocholt, Sint-Huibrechts-Lille, Neerpelt and Overpelt.

Fluvius said a transformer had failed, although the cause of the defect was not yet clear. The utility restored power through a network switch at 11:15.

A transformer has failed. We are investigating the cause, because it is not clear at this time.

· FluviusThe utility described the equipment failure and the ongoing investigation.

“Everyone should have power again. We still apologize for the inconvenience,” Fluvius said. The cause of the failure remains under investigation.

Everyone should have power again. We still apologize for the inconvenience.

· FluviusThe utility confirmed restoration and apologized to affected households.
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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. 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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