At around 5 p.m. on the 15th, a crane cut a power line while working at a construction site in Sinwol-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, causing a blackout affecting 945 nearby shops and households.


Electricity supply was restored at around 6:40 p.m., about 1 hour and 40 minutes later.



Korea Electric Power Corporation explained that the crane at the construction site carried out work that had not been previously coordinated, resulting in the cutting of a nearby high-voltage line.


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