Summer temperatures can hit 50 deg C in Baghdad and the south. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BAGHDAD - A fire at an electricity substation in southern Iraq triggered a nationwide power outage Saturday, authorities said, just as demand peaks amid the searing summer heat.
“The power grid experienced a total shutdown on Saturday at 12.40pm due to a fire that affected a transmission substation in Basra province,” the electricity ministry said in a statement.The fire forced “the suspension of transmission lines” between the south and centre, and a halt to generation at power plants, the ministry said.
Rolling power cuts, which hit Iraq each summer and can last up to 10 hours a day, mean many households subscribe to neighbourhood generators to provide back-up power.
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