140K in Dagestan Left Without Power After Grid Failure
In Dagestan, approximately 140,000 people are left without electricity. An emergency power outage occurred in four districts of Dagestan.
Consensus
- An emergency power outage occurred in multiple settlements in Dagestan.
- The outage was caused by a failure on a 110 kV transmission line.
- The affected area includes four districts: Ahvakhsky, Tsumadinsky, Botlikhsky, and Gumbetovsky.
- Approximately 140,000 residents were affected.
- Emergency restoration work was underway with 11 personnel and three units of equipment.
- The line failure involved a break in the Tlokh–Khunzakh line with a tap to the Tlailukh substation.
- The outage occurred on August 20.
- The situation was reported by the Dagestan branch of the MCHS and confirmed by 'Dagenergosbyt'.
Points of divergence
- The outage affected 12 settlements in the Khunzahsky district with a population of 7,373 people. — vesti
- The estimated time for power restoration was 20:00 on August 20. — interfax
- Restoration work was complicated by the line's location in a high-altitude area. — tg_horizontal_russia
- Restoration work was paused and scheduled to resume at 08:00 on August 21, with completion expected by 18:00 on the same day. — vesti
- Three repair teams (11 people and three units of equipment) were deployed. — interfax
- The outage was attributed to a break in the Tlokh–Khunzhah line with a tap to the Tlailuh substation. — tg_horizontal_russia
Coverage (4 sources)
- More than 10 settlements de-energized in Dagestan due to accident — Вести
- Residents of 12 villages in Dagestan left without light due to energy accident — Интерфакс
- More than 120 thousand residents of Dagestan left without electricity due to energy accident — Интерфакс
- In Dagestan, about 140 thousand people are left without electricity — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия