Lawmakers and engineers call for safety review of power cable bridges after fire led to Hong Kong’s worst outage in decades

Lawmakers and engineers call for safety review of power cable bridges after fire led to Hong Kong’s worst outage in decades

South China Morning Post - Hong Kong·2022-06-24 07:03

CLP Power, whose cable bridge caught fire on Tuesday, has at least three other similar structures in the city

One question being asked is why a backup system did not kick in to restore power to 160,000 households

Lawmakers and experts in Hong Kong have called for a safety review of at least three power cable bridges in the city, two days after a fire destroyed one such structure and knocked out power for 160,000 households for hours.

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