Powerful Blackout in the Czech Republic. People got stuck in the elevators

On Friday afternoon, the power outage of the power supply affected a large part of Prague, causing public transport paralysis.

According to Expats.cz, it is caused by a high voltage failure in the Chodov district. It mainly affected the southern and eastern areas of the Czech capital, although problems also occurred in the northern part. Problems also occurred in other cities: Hradec Kralove, Liberec, Mladá Boleslav, Uście nad Łabą, Cieplice, Ceksa Lipa, Kolin, Pardubice, as reported by Irozhlas.cz.

Blackout in the Czech Republic. Problems with transport in Prague

“Energy workers are working on solving the problem as soon as possible. The airport in Prague was not affected by a break in power supply. Motorway tunnels also remain in use. I will inform you about further events, “wrote Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka on Platform X.

For some time there was no metro in Prague (lines A, B, C), some lines did not run much longer. The fire brigade informs about people who got stuck in elevators. “Prague firefighters responded to numerous alarm calls in districts such as Chodov, Horní Měcholupa, Střížkov, Žižkov, Vysočany and Letňany. We react to a large number of calls to people in elevators,” said Fire Brigade spokesman, Miroslav řezáč.

Policemen managed the traffic

Around 12:35, the movement of all metro lines was resumed. Line trains did not stop at the Želivského station. After 13:00 did not run or run with problems lines from 2 to 19 inclusive, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.

In Hradec Králové, with about one hundred thousand inhabitants, there were trolleybuses of public transport. There was no traffic lights.

“In connection with the break in the supply of electricity, we increased the number of patrols in areas affected by failure, and our colleagues direct traffic at selected intersections in the affected cities. We collect more information,” said the official account of the Czech police on portal X.