Blackout Questions

Two short news reports which raise more questions than they answer:

Jun 10 2005 1:51PM

No signs of terror attack detected at Chagino sub-station - FSB

MOSCOW. June 10 (Interfax) - An examination has not revealed any signs of a terrorist attack or an act of sabotage that might have led to an accident at the Chagino electrical sub-station, which caused massive power blackouts in Moscow and nearby regions in late May, the press center of the Federal Security Service's branch for Moscow and the Moscow region told Interfax on Friday.

A fire that broke out at the Chagino sub-station on May 25 cut electricity supplies to southern Moscow, parts of the Moscow region and several districts in the Tula and Kaluga regions.

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Jun 10 2005 2:41PM

Chagino substation wasn't main cause of outages - Duma deputy

MOSCOW. June 10 (Interfax) - Head of a Duma ad-hoc group Vladimir Pekhtin doesn't think Chagino substation was the main cause of the May 25 massive power outages in Moscow.

"We saw for ourselves that Chagino substation was not the main cause of the accident," Pekhtin said after the group visited the substation on Friday.

However, as electric equipment is extremely worn out at many facilities similar accidents are possible in other places, he said.

(via chechnya-sl)