Power grid accident: extra snowmobiles and ATVs deployed
Special equipment was transported from Apatity to assist with the power line repairs.
Specialists from Rosseti North-West (Rosseti Severo-Zapad) have mobilized reserves to more quickly eliminate the consequences of the accident.
Rosseti North-West is managing the response to the power grid accident in the Murmansk region.
— Additional snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles have been brought in from neighboring districts to swiftly deliver specialists and materials to damaged power lines in the Murmansk region. Special equipment was transported from the city of Apatity. The work site is 200 kilometers away, the company«s press service reported.
Recall that a state of heightened readiness was introduced in the Murmansk region due to power outages. This decision was made at a meeting of the operational headquarters. Street lighting in Murmansk was temporarily turned off.
The press service of Rosseti North-West reported that the cause of the outage was a technological failure on an overhead power line. Later it became known that five supports collapsed. Trolleybuses in Murmansk changed their routes.
The prosecutor«s office of the Murmansk region has already launched an investigation due to mass power outages. A criminal case has been initiated.
Residents of Murmansk were told where they can go to warm up and charge electronic devices. And city entrepreneurs are ready to provide food from their main menu at a discount.
