Was reading an article about a large drugs bust in the same region (café owner busted with 1800 xtc-pills, 1 kilo cocaine, firearms and stolen goods!) but also noticed this as well.
Some equipment in a big substation (the incoming electricity can be as strong as 150 000 V or 50 000V; it gets transformed to 10 000V) has gone badly wrong; electricity networks engineers went to inspect it but found the whole building was full with smoke.
That usually means the cooling oil in the trafo has overheated; the smoke is often highly toxic so the Fire Brigade must decontaminate the area first before any further work can be carried out. The electricity company advise it will be 01:00 CEST before they can start restoring power.
9 trams are stopped in the street (also causing a traffic jam) many people are tweeting they are stuck in lifts (at least KPN and T-Mobile have put accus in their mobile base stations!) – the Fire Brigade are also freeing these people. I was surprised they did not call 112 rather than tweeting but I suppose that also means their friends and family know what has happened…
25.000 huishoudens zonder stroom door flinke storing – AT5: de nieuwszender van Amsterdam en omgeving
the tweet in this article is from someone who is (somewhat randomly) raising chickens inside his house but he is prepared and has got a butagas heater in case they get cold :laugh_at:
http://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/deel-diemen-en-zuidoost-urenlang-zonder-stroom~a4324931/
