By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab
Tripoli, 30 July 2014:
Across Tripoli during the night two violent explosions were heard just before General Electricity Company of . . .[restrict]Libya’s (GECOL) station west of Zawia temporarily shutdown.
“There was a loud explosion around 2 am, followed soon after by another. Then the power went out,”one resident of Janzour told the Libya Herald. Power was knocked out from Tajoura, east of Tripoli, to Zuwara, 130 km away, from around 2 am until just after dawn this morning.
The Ministry of Oil and Gas, on its social media site, said simply that there was a “problem” at the Zawia power station that led to a complete shut down. Repairs were made and power returned after about five hours. It did not explain the sound of the explosion.
Elsewhere, frustrations continue to mount about prolonged power outages. In Ain Zara today, residents blockaded streets with burning tyres because they had been without power for 24 hours. [/restrict]
