Coconut palms trigger 3 hour power outage in Cotabato City, environs
Local News • 05:16 AM Mon Apr 16, 2018
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY -- The whole franchise area of Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) plunged into darkness for more than three hours after a huge coconut palms hit the 69 KV line of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)from Nuling sub-station to the city.Arlene Hepiga of Cotabato Light said the interruption occurred at about 5:30 p.m. during heavy down pour with strong winds brought about by the Low Pressure Area east of Mindanao island.Power was restored three hours later after NGCP linemen found and removed the coconut palm then resume power supply.