Kara-Balta – Kaindy power line shuts down due to fire

11:10, 15 марта 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Julia KOSTENKO

High-voltage 110 kV Kara-Balta — Kaindy line shut down due to a fire. Press service of the National Electric Network of the Kyrgyz Republic OJSC informed 24.kg news agency.

Unknown persons reportedly set fire to reeds at night in the area of ​​the high-voltage line. The power line has shut down due to smoke. A pole burned down. A fire team worked at the scene. Panfilovsky and Jaiylsky districts remained without electricity. Currently, the power supply is restored.

Power engineers calculate the damage.

The company asks to observe fire safety rules and not to make fires in fenced off areas of power lines in order to eliminate possible interruptions in power supply.