central cable thief

Port Elizabeth - A man has been severely burnt and taken to hospital after an alleged failed cable theft attempt caused a substation to explode and cut power to central suburbs of Port Elizabeth on Monday morning. Municipal spokesperson Roland Williams said the M&S substation, located in Evatt Street in Central, had blown at around 10:00 on Monday. This then caused an electricity outage over the PE Central area. "Our technicians attended to the problem by isolating the substation and … [Read more...] about Central outage caused by burnt cable thief