Approximately 9000 homes in Rhineland-Palatinate experience power outage.
Darkness, no Digital Connectivity, no Fuel - in the Rhineland-Palatinate community of Budenheim, countless homes have been powerless for hours due to an event. The cause: An blast at a power facility. Until normalcy is restored, it could be a couple of days.
Since yesterday afternoon, there's been a significant power outage at the Budenheim power facility near Mainz due to a blast. About 9000 households are impacted. Buildings and parts of the facility were damaged, as per the Technical Incident Command. Although power has been reestablished, it could still take days for everything to be operational, says SWR, quoting the fire department.
At the moment, around 100 firefighters, emergency services, law enforcement, medical services, utility companies, and THW from the local area are on the scene. According to the regional news portal BYC-News, the traffic signals within the town no longer work, the gas station is out, and both landlines and the internet are unusable. SWR reports that the fire department is cruising through town with loudspeaker cars to inform the public. Additionally, an emergency information center has been set up, where the affected can gather information.
A nursing home with 65 residents is receiving emergency power. Four individuals needed medical attention, of which two were hospitalized. Three of the affected individuals were using life-sustaining ventilators, one person experienced a panic attack, it was reported.
The pumping stations were linked to emergency power. This is to prevent sewage backup. Temporarily, the town's residents and citizens were requested to use minimal water, as the sewage treatment plant was also impacted.
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