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Suddenly, large parts of köpenick were without electricity early Tuesday afternoon at 14.10 PM went in around 31,000 households and 2,000 traders the castle, especially in Turn, Grünau and Müggelheim the lights and all electrically operated devices. At 19:30, it was clear that the damage is more than 24 hours and not before 15 PM on Wednesday.
late Tuesday night, the disaster was alarmed protection. Chief of operations, Patrick Long said at 23 PM in a Video on Twitter that the forces of the Berlin Malteser made up-to-date support. More detailed information on the duration of use, and the tasks he could not do. It is expected that the use will be enough until tomorrow. Currently, the Berlin fire Department with about 200 staff in the use of. In addition, auxiliary organizations, with 80, and the Technical relief (THW), with 45 staff on the ground.
The district authority of Treptow-Köpenick has a hotline set up. Under 0151-16253780 or 0151-16253782 questions about the power failure.
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Due to the power outage, many schools are ordered closed on Wednesday. The Senate administration for education announced on Tuesday evening after 23 o’clock with reference to the bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick, and publish a list of schools.
the cause was after the notification of the network operator, Vattenfall incorrect “horizontal drilling” in the Salvador-Allende-bridge, which results in Alt-Köpenick on the Müggelspree. The dilapidated bridge is being renovated since the beginning of January. A construction company had hit in the hole exactly two 110,000-Volt leading to large cable and destroyed. Through these lines, the block heat and power plant Köpenick at the turn of the Avenue, and the block heat and power plant friedrichshagen castle to send the generated electricity in the well from the failure-affected areas.
the production of district heating in the two power plants was affected by the Mega-glitch. The electrically controlled Gas fired steam-driven turbines also fell, so that thousands of auskühlten to the district heating network overhead apartments slowly. However, in the case of Vattenfall optimistic “that the heat flows soon,” said the company spokesman Olaf Weidner. The Gas will bring in the near future by an electrical initial ignition, then the power plants would at least work and heat. But you could send out because of the destroyed cable still no power.
The repair of the cable is extremely time consuming, declared specialists for a first exploration of the borehole. You have to dig in deep construction works first of all, in the damage place. After that, the repair of the cable but is itself extremely complicated. Olaf Weidner: “Sorry, we are very sorry. We will do our Best, but the faster it goes.“
at Least till 15 o’clock on Wednesday you’ll still need time, may be the Work lasted even longer, said Weidner, shortly after 19 o’clock. The night to Wednesday am. On Twitter, Vattenfall referred to again explicitly on the promise to Customers of the company: In the event of failure of more than three hours of each affected household is entitled to a one-time payment of twenty euros. This successes “as a gesture of goodwill and without acknowledgement of a legal obligation”. Be entitled to all household customers connected to the electricity distribution network of stromnetz Berlin.
A spokesman for the Senate administration, was here destroyed by a hole in an important power line.Photo: Julian steels/dpa
Meanwhile, showed how dependent of Berlin everyday life by the energy. Even the mobile networks were part of. And with the dawn it was duster Zap, some made the Best of it, the Köpenicker old town, had a romantic, in many places, flickered candles in the Windows.
police and fire had to do to fight back under any amount of to. Because alarm systems of the power dropped out, guarded officials, affected business and drove reinforced Patrol. Because traffic lights were plants that had to be regulated by the traffic and partly by Hand. The fire Department alerted to Fight back the volunteers. The rescuers wanted to be present, if it should, for example, give problems with sewage pumps or locking systems.
The Berlin fire brigade has taken the precaution of alerting 14 voluntary fire brigades. The emergency numbers 110 and 112 are of Köpenick from still distance. Who has no working phone, the fire fighters are advised to contact the nearest fire or police station. In addition, two mobile calls are set up: at the Vetschau Avenue / Lübenauer way and at the pritstabel road / Green Trift. The Berlin police will also create additional points of contact. About speaker use to give vehicles additional information.
But not only in households and firms, the lights went out. Also, the hospital Köpenick is without public power supply. The emergency generator switched on immediately and secured the operation of the ICU and the operating theatres. According to the information provided by Romina Rochow, spokeswoman for the DRK-clinics Berlin, one of which is the hospital Köpenick, but limitations in other areas. Planned operations had been cancelled. Furthermore, you have informed the fire Department that the site could accommodate up to repair the damage, no emergencies.
During a series of cooling, heaters, elevators, and phone systems in Köpenick were, as well as the phone mobile power supply no longer worked, remained in wardrobes in the BVG trams. The list of affected tram lines had published the LPP via Twitter. The lines 27, 60, 62, 63, 67 and 68. The tram lines 61 and 63, drove again after a short time, even if there may be delays. On the line 62 is arranged between the retaining lock set place of Köpenick and turn to lock a spare traffic with buses and taxis, the Berlin traffic information center (VIZ), also via Twitter. On two routes recorded in the late afternoon traffic. In the case of the S-Bahn, there were also difficulties: Due to a signal malfunction in Adlershof, the trains rolled in here with a delay or a S age such as the lines 45 and S 85 already in Schöneweide.
there are also problems on the roads, because the traffic lights had no power. The streets affected, you can retrieve below stromnetz.de . The site is constantly updated. The traffic information centre reported problems, Parts of the neighbouring district of Lichtenberg.
Whether the Köpenicker obstetrician have to do because of the power outage in nine months, more than usual, according to various studies on the effects of long-term power outages controversial. The high birth rates in September 2008 in the Dutch city of the district of Maasdriel seem to speak for a Baby Boom. The area was at the beginning of the year, three days and nights without electricity, nine months later, the birth rate increased by 44 percent.
Only one and a half years, in the South-East of Berlin, a large-scale power failure. In June 2017, over 67,000 households and 4,300 business establishments in the district of Treptow were separated-Köpenick hours. Also in this case, the road works have caused the failure.
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