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19,000,000 people left without electricity after it struck an entire country News scientist

People sit inside a restaurant after the country’s large power outage, in Santiago, Chile (photo: Reuters)

It is believed that nearly 19 million people without electricity after Chile overwhelmed the country’s power.

It affected the blackouts on the northern Arika and Varikota region in the southern Los Lagos area, according to government sources.

Although the exact scale of the interruption was not yet known, the largest copper mine in the world, EcConieda, was left without strength, said a source close to the command Reuters.

Latam Airlines also said that a number of flights were disrupted by a blackout and urged passengers to verify their flight.

People walk near the electrical stairs after the large electric current is out of vast areas of the country, in Santiago, Chile, February 25, 2025. Reuters/Pablo Sanuhayza
It is believed that 80 % of the country is affected (photo: Reuters)

The national electrical coordinator, the agency responsible for the Chilean network, said that the interruption was caused by a break in the transportation system in the Norte Chico area.

It is estimated that 80.1 percent of customers were left in the dark.

In a post on X, the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Toha said that the emergency meeting was set in disaster management committees to address the problem.

“Given the power outage that takes place between the regions [Disaster Risk Management Committees]Where we will adopt measures to process emergency and work to restore the service, “announced.

Street lamps in the capital of Santiago were eliminated through the power outages, and witnesses reported hearing emergency warning sirens in the streets while the authorities respond to kidnapping.

There is nothing. There is no money. No money. Jose Luis Orlandin, who was eating in the center of Santiago when the pieces occurred.

The Santiago Metro, which transports millions of passengers, has been closed, and passengers have been cleared from the parked trains.

People are riding on public transportation after the large electrical current is out of vast areas of the country, in Santiago, Chile, February 25, 2025. Reuters/Pablo Sanuhayza
Buses remain the only way to travel all over the country (photo: Reuters)

Other footage of the country showed the passengers of train stations by walking on the mobile stairs that were replaced, while it turned out that traffic lights are also not working.

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

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

Tuoh said that the authority should start returning online in the “coming hours”.

“We hope that what we have been told will happen, that in the next few hours, we will get an electrical service,” she said. “If this is not the case, we will have to take different measures.”

Antofagasta, a copper mining group, said it was running its mines with a backup power generator.

He left the pampering of many passengers stuck on the rotating ship where the journey was about to go down in the tracks in Vantasilanda, the park in Santiago.

The Park CNN Chile has told Chile that backup generators have been deployed to restore service and remove customers.

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