Thursday, June 28, 2007

Northern Greece Hit by Power Cut as Transformer in Thessaloniki Explodes

(Bloomberg) -- An explosion at an electricity
transmission center in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-biggest
city, cut power supplies across the country's north.

``A transformer exploded and the center had to be shut down
to fight the fire,'' Nikos Ippofantis, an official at the
country's electricity grid operator Desmie said in a phone
interview today.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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