Chile power outage leaves millions without electricity

Millions of people are believed without electricity across Chile after the country’s power outage.

According to the National Service for the Prevention and Response of Disaster Protection (Sinabrid), the region is affected by most of the country, including the capital, Santiago.

The exact size of the interruption, which started earlier on Tuesday, but Sinabrid said that it covers the regions of Arika and Kenakota in the north to Los Lagos in the south.

Reuters news agency also reported that the largest copper mine in the world, EsCondida, without strength, citing a source close to the matter.

Latam Airlines said that some of its flights may also be disrupted during a decrease in energy supply, and urged passengers to verify their journey.

In a post on X, the Santiago Metro operator said that his service had been temporarily suspended due to the continuous power outage, as the stations are evacuated and closed.

Footage of the city showed passengers who evacuated the stations by walking on the mobile stairs that were replaced, while traffic lights were also shown not to work.

There were also long lines for buses that were still working on the city’s roads.

“They allow us to leave work because of the energy reduction, but now I do not know how we will return to the house because all buses are full,” said Maria Angelika Roman, 45, Agence France -Presse News Agency.

The Interior Minister of Chile, Carolina Toha, also published X to say that a meeting will be called to discuss continuous measures to restore services.

Sinabrid added that electricity companies throughout the affected area were investigating the error and trying to restart the services, and no emergency cases were reported.