At least eight circuits were affected in the fire that occurred in the electrical substation in the Gascue sector, including the one that supplies the Presidential Palace.
The fire originated after five in the afternoon in two transformers that supply energy to more than eight sectors of the capital.
Residents lived in moments of desperation in the surroundings who said they felt nervous when they saw how several elderly people were taken out of the front by the smoke.
The main authorities of the Company Edeeeste Electricity Distributor, Andrés Porte and the ETHED Electric Transmission Company. Martin Robles, said that work is already under way to investigate the causes and to restore the energy system.
According to Edesur publications, the event affected the service for the Naco, University Zone, La Esperilla, Av. Independencia, Los Prados, Piantini, Herrera, Bella Vista, La Julia and Haina sectors.
Similarly, the communities of Km.12 de la Sánchez, Pte. Antonio Guzmán, San Martin, Los Químicos, El Café, Villas del Café I and II, Las Casas de Canaán, Villas del Café IV and V, Colinas were affected. de Canaán and KM 12, Loma del Chivo, Paraíso, C/ Dolly, Loma del Chivo, C/ Resp. Principal, C/ 2da, C/ 18, C/ Resp. 20, Callejón Arelis de la Flor del Café. Res. José Contreras, Atlántida, Urb. AESA, August 16, El Pedregal, Luz Consuelo Norte, Res. Villas Praderas Verdes, Res. Ana Karina.
Added to the list is Res. Don Oscar, Costa Criolla. Res. Santo Domingo North and South, El Abanico de Herrera, Ens. Altagracia, Engombe, El Palmar, Urb. Altos de Engombe, Herrera Operations Center (CDEEE Campus), Hnos. Yarull, Residencial Casas Reales, Santo Domingo Country Club, ALMADECA, CONGELASA, National Cylinders, Springs and Brakes, Alfa Motors, Plaza Luperón, Santo Domingo Sabio School Home, Home for the Elderly, Resid. Sandra I and II, Resid. Caribbean Sea, Urb. Costa Verde, Urb. Costa Azul, Res. Mirador del Oeste.
New neighborhood in Haina Oriental, Manresa, Bo. The Castle. Bella Vista: Furcy Pichardo, Rómulo Betancourt, Jardines del Embajador, Av. Sarasota between Núñez de Cáceres and Enrique Jiménez Moya, Pedro A. Bobea between Rómulo Betancourt and Av. Anacaona, El Recodo, Higuemota, were also affected.
Similarly, The Ambassador Hotel, Blandino Funeral Home, El Manguito, La Julia (partial). Av. Bolívar from C/Dr. Defilló to Abraham Lincoln, Bella Vista, Av. Jimenez Moya from 27 de Febrero to Sarasota, Av. Anacaona from Núñez de Cáceres to Callejón Selene, Núñez de Cáceres from Anacaona to Rómulo Betancourt, Los Samanes , Nogales, Mirador Norte, Los Cacicazgos, Av. Privada between Anacaona and Caracol, Av. Anacaona between Privada and Luperón.
As well as Av. Enriquillo, Av. Cibao, Hotel & Casino Dominican Fiesta. Mirador Sur, Renacimiento, Urb. Real, from the Mirador Norte the streets Camila Henriquez Ureña, Ernesto de la Maza, 28 de Enero, Francisco Soñé and Sagrario Diaz; The Restorers, February 27 from the Armed Forces. until next to the Private, Royal Medical Center. El Milloncito, Manganagua, February 27 from Carmen Mendoza de Cornielle to C/ Plaza del Renacimiento, Núñez de Cáceres from February 27 to C/ Plaza la Trinitaria.
Edesur reported difficulties in the Private from February 27 to Av. Gustavo Mejía Ricart, Sector Mirador Norte, Ens. Quisqueya between Av. Núñez ce Cáceres and Dr. Defilló and Av. 27 de Febrero and Francisco Prats Ramirez, El Milloncito, Manganagua, Dominican Medical Center, Ens. Quisqueya, Mirador Norte: Francisco Soñé at the Exit of the S/E until reaching the 27 de Febrero by Carmen Mendoza de Corniell. Bella Vista, February 27 from Carmen Mendoza de Corniell to Prox. Enrique Jimenez Moya and Plaza Lama Stores.
Other areas are the Ens. Quisqueya: Francisco Prats Ramírez esq. I support Hatuey to the Winston Churchill, Piantini, Central Plaza, Unicentro Plaza, Santísima Trinidad. Sánchez Highway, Calle Al Medio, Cabón, Piedra Blanca, Barsequillo, Las Colinas, El Carril, La Cerca, Muelle Haina Occidental, Bo. Vietnam from the Netherlands of Haina. Sánchez Highway from Km. 17 to Km. 27, Nigua, Boca Nigua, Yogo Yogo, Nigua-San Cristóbal Highway, Bo. INVI, Cambelén, San Rafael, Hatillo, La Academia, Los Cantines, San Miguel, Aut. 6 de Noviembre, Residencial Laura Gabriela, Los Cantines, Centro Haina, Bo. Gringo, El Naranjal, Caribbean Hills, Villa Penca, Bo. The Pitchers, Bo. Chino, Barsequillo (partial), Bo. INVI-CEA, Bo. San Jose and Chinatown.
In the Industrial Zone of Haina: Av. Jose Francisco Peña Gomez, streets B, D, G, H, M, N, L, O, R; Julio González, Carretera Sánchez (Partial), Concredom and Fresh Directions, Grupo Ramos (Bajos de Haina), Distribution Center, Municipal Hospital of Haina, Urb. Gelo, Residencial el Vacacional de Haina. CDE warehouses. Rosmil.
In the Herrera Industrial Zone: SEMA Warehouses, El Canal, Orange Building, Frito Lay, PROMESE, BAYER, C/Caonabo, Av. Luperón from C/Caonabo to C/Primera Libertad, C/H Herrera Industrial Zone, Downtown Cuesta Nacional (JUMBO-Luperón), Hospital Marcelino Velez Santana. Fence SM Publicity, WINDMAX TELECOM, Industrial Zone of Herrera (Partial), Hilos Industriales, C/L and C/J del Bo. Herrera Industrial Zone, Cobinca, Antonio Peralta Warehouse.
Likewise, C/San Antón between Av. Isabel Aguiar and Av. Luperón, C/Juanico Dolores between Resp. Juanico Dolores and Av. Isabel Aguiar, C/Mama Tingó (Bo. Res. Anaconda), C/Juan Ballenilla, C/ Guarocuya between Av. Isabel Aguiar and Av. Luperón, Los Coroneles de Herrera.
The information was disclosed by the State Electricity Distributor Company of the Southern Region (Edesur) through its Twitter account, in which they also detailed that their brigades work closely with the Dominican Electricity Transmission Company (ETED) and the Eastern Electricity Distribution Company (Edeeste).
By: Francis Zabala
