Another blackout hits central States causing widespread panic

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

The inhabitants of 7 States woke up in darkness suffering from an electricity blackout.  Central States electricity company Cadafe says  a transformer fault in a Yaracuy State sub-station caused the interruption of service.  

Merida, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia, Portuguesa, Lara and Barinas were affected by the blackout for more than two hours causing panic among the population. 

Rumors of sabotage on electricity stations have been circulating for several months and raging wild fires have added to the confusion by affecting electricity supplies in several parts of the country. 

2 months ago, on February 5 the region faced a similar blackout after a fault inan Enelco sub-station causing widespread panic.