Authorities have warned about the dangers involved in these robberies for the thieves themselves, due to the voltage of up to 34,500 V.
Lima, Peru – A man died on Thursday night in Santiago de Cuba after trying to extract dielectric oil from a transformer on the Siboney road.
The news, shared by the independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta In its social networks, it occurs in a context marked by the economic crisis, the increase in crime on the island, and the precariousness of the country’s electrical system.
“The transformers oil, known as dielectric, insulating or mineral oil, is not domestic fuel. Manipulating it can cause mortal electrical discharges. Its absence causes fires, explosions and blackouts. In addition, which contains highly toxic substances, harmful to health,” warned the communicator on Facebook.
The attempted robbery also left the La Fortaleza farm in Santiago de Cuba and several nearby towns, several nearby locations, The state electric company of Santiago de Cuba reported.
The Cuban authorities have denounced in the past the theft of dielectric oil in the country’s electric transformers, a fact to which they award part of the blackouts that affect the population daily.
The theft of the dielectric oil initiated by equipment in electrical substations, explained officials of the Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) in September 2024, however, recently it has occurred in distribution transformers that are in columns and posts.
“The facts that have been happening in recent times have caused the reservation to decrease and we no longer have reserve transformers,” said UNE executives.
Likewise, the officials alerted about the dangers involved in these robberies for the thieves themselves, due to the high voltage (34,500 V) of the electrical substations where they are executed.
Although they did not offer detailed figures of the amount of robberies and economic lossesThey confirmed that the provinces where these crimes are most registered are Mayabeque, Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila and Artemisa.
