Demerara-Berbice system suffers power shutdown

At 15:49 hrs today, following sounds of an explosion aback of Sophia, there was a disruption in the supply of electricity to the Demerara Berbice Grids, GPL said this evening. Emergency crews are currently investigating the transmission lines aback of Sophia in an effort to identify the cause of the outage.
While the investigation continues, the Company was able to restore electricity to Central Georgetown at 16:05 hrs continuing into all other affected areas in Demerara and Berbice.
In recognition of the current inclement weather season, GPL said it wishes to reassure customers that several initiatives have been implemented to mitigate network faults likely to occur during this season; emergency response services have been bolstered to assist in emergencies of this nature.