After an unexpected outage in several municipalities in Brussels on Tuesday morning, power came back up across the Capital Region in the afternoon.
The network operator for the distribution of natural gas and electricity in Brussels, Sibelga, reported low voltage in the municipalities of Ixelles, the City of Brussels and Evere on Tuesday morning.
The problem was due to a technical issue with Sibelga's medium-pressure network: 15 high-voltage substations were affected, a spokesperson for Sibelga told The Brussels Times.
Ixelles was the hardest hit by the outage: Avenue Louise, Rue du Bailli, Rue de la Concorde, Rue de la Grosse Tour, Rue de Livourne, Rue de la Longue Haie, Rue Mercelis, Rue Souveraine, Rue Paul Emile Janson, and Rue du Président were all affected.
In Evere, only Rue du Kent and Avenue du Frioul were hit. In the City of Brussels, Rue des Ursulines in the city centre was without power.
The outages were recorded between 08:20 and 10:32 on Tuesday morning.
