Some residents of Primorye were left without electricity and water due to the accident

In Primorsky Krai, because of the accident at the substation, power supply to some consumers was limited, the press service of Primorsky Vodokanal reported.

The report says that damage to the equipment was recorded at the 110 kV Shtykovo substation. Power supply restrictions affected some residents of the Artemovsk urban district and Nadezhda district. In addition, the power supply of water supply facilities providing part of Vladivostok, Artem and Nadezhdinsky district was limited.

The regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported an emergency power outage in the settlements of Shtykovo and Smolyaninovo, Shkotov district. Under the shutdown were 31 apartment and 194 private houses with a population of about 3,5 thousand people. Later, power supply was restored in Smolyaninov.

“Thanks to the prompt actions of the power engineers of the Primorsky electric networks, the power supply to some consumers was restored during the night according to backup schemes. Work on the transfer of household consumers continues, said Primorsky Vodokanal.

The company added that specialists are working to transfer the load to resume the supply of electricity to the pumping stations. In parallel, power engineers continue repair work at the Shtykovo substation. The approximate time for the restoration of water supply is by 18:00 local time (11:00 GMT).

On September 19, an accident occurred at the 2nd River substation in Vladivostok. More than 20 thousand residents of Pervorechensky district were left without electricity.