Ecuador suffered a nationwide blackout due to a transmission line failure that caused a cascading disconnection, leaving the nation of about 18 million people without power, government officials said.
“We are concentrating all our efforts on solving the problem as quickly as possible”said Roberto Luque, Minister of Public Works, on the social network
“There is a fault in the transmission line that caused a cascade disconnection, so there is no electricity on a national scale,” he added.
In April, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared an energy emergency and announced plans for power outages. The South American country has faced difficulties due to a drought that impacts hydroelectric energy generation.
“Due to a general failure of the national interconnected electrical energy system, the operation of the Quito Metro is interrupted while the systems are restarted and verified”said the operator of the underground transportation network.
