What happened in Spain, Portugal? Spanish PM says that there is no decisive information
Since the power supply began to be restored in Spain and parts of Portugal after large -scale outage, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchhez Said that there was no decisive information on what is the reason for power outage. He said that the officials were trying to determine the reason and had not yet denied any principle, but they urged the public to avoid speculation.
He said that electricity has been restored in parts of North and South, he said that there has been no security problem as a result of blackout.
‘Use the phone responsibly’
Sánchez urged people to use the phone “responsibly”, which means to call only when necessary and keep them abbreviated to reduce stress on the system. He said, “The government is working, and will continue to work to find out the reason for this power outage. Now, priority is to work to restore the generality as soon as possible.”
Train services stopped
Spain will not resume long and medium-term train services today, the country’s Transport Minister Oscar Poonate said.
Punte said that officers are trying to save passengers from 116 trains, who were stranded due to power outage. Up to 12:30 pm, 26 trains were still to be evacuated.
Punte urged the public to avoid traveling by car but said that road freight and public transport were still operational.
Cybertac behind power outage?
European Council President Antonio Costa said there were no signs of cyber attack. Costa, who was the Prime Minister of Portugal between 2015 and 2024, said that he spoke with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro today. “Grid operators in both countries are working on finding causes and restoring power supply,” Costa has written on X. “At this point, there are no signs of any cyber attack,” he said.
Portugies Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said that the power outage originated in Spain. “We also have our intelligence services that are trying to get to the bottom of what can be at the core of this event.”
