The restoration of energy supply to the Spanish power grid after a large blackout can take six to ten hours, said the head of operations of the network operator, Eduardo Prieto, at a press conference on Monday (28).
A large energy drop left parts of Spain and Portugal without electricity, turning off traffic lights and causing chaos at airports, train stations and roads.
Several countries in Europe reported energy failures after the recorded blackout in Portugal and Spain, are the cases of France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
In Madrid, traffic was congested on the streets after the power outage.
“I was driving and suddenly there were no traffic lights … it was a kind of jungle,” Luis Ibáñez Jiménez told CNN . “I saw a huge bus approaching and had to accelerate a lot to surpass it.”
In the subway, people were hurriedly removed after falling energy.
And a tourist at Humberto Delgado airport in Lisbon reported that hundreds of people were in lines in the dark, without air conditioning or running water.
Stores only accepted money, she told CNN .
This content was originally published in electricity can take up to 10 hours to return in Spain, says operator on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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