Monday, March 15, 2010

Chile fundraiser plunged into darkness by power cut

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Chile was plunged into darkness overnight by a massive power cut affecting most of the country.

In Santiago a fundraising concert "Rock for Chile", was in full swing when the power outage occurred and traffic police had to control the roads as street lights failed.

Officials say the problem was caused when a key transformer failed, not directly as a result of the earthquake which devastated much of the infrastructure on 27 February.

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