Following the blackout that left the majority of the country in darkness, the Interior Ministry has announced that there will be a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Following a widespread blackout that may have been brought on by an electrical system breakdown, Chile has issued a state of emergency and curfew throughout a large portion of the nation, including Santiago, according to the Interior Ministry.
Carolina Toha, the ministry’s head, announced at a news conference on Tuesday that “we are going to have a curfew from 10 at night until six in the morning.”
Subway services were quickly shut down after the blackout. The biggest cities in the nation had traffic bottlenecks as a result of the outage of traffic lights, and a fleet of electric buses was sent in to help with inner-city transportation.
Ernesto Huber, the National Electricity Coordinator’s executive director, stated on social media that the blackout was caused by a power system malfunction at Norte Chico and that attempts are being made to restore power.
“The disconnection of the 500 kV double circuit in the Norte Chico area, specifically between the Vallenar and Coquimbo power stations, caused a disturbance in the national electrical system, from Arica to the Los Lagos region, resulting in the complete loss of power in the national electrical system,” he stated.
Authorities quickly set up drinking water supplies in tiny communities like Lo Barnechea, Talagante, and La Florida when the outage, which happened during a heat wave in Chile, occurred.
